How street gangs led Haiti’s descent into anarchy
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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Haiti’s acting prime minster has resigned, bending to pressure from the US. The move leaves a power vacuum into which has apparently stepped Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier. So, with much of the country's capital now a no-go zone, how did Haiti get here? And how did gang leader ‘Barbecue’ get his nickname?
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- Stephen Gibbs, Latin America correspondent for The Times.
- Mario Delatour, Haitian-American documentary filmmaker.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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