It's the Brian Laird

on WNYC.

Good morning everyone.

We're going to start today on a crisis situation

that's a real crisis situation

that we haven't dealt with yet on this show

because of so much else that's been going on locally and globally.

But we know this is relevant to many of you,

and it's the crisis in Haiti, where a gang uprising

has successfully ousted the appointed Prime Minister Ari L.

With so many Haitian Americans in our listening area, we want your take on why and what to do

about it. 2 433 WNYC and we'll talk to Gary Pierre Pierre

from the Haitian Times in just a second.

But by way of background, for those of you who don't have ties to Haiti and haven't been following it, but hear this in the news and think, yeah, well, this is basically right off our shores. We should know what's going on and the United States is often said

to be somewhat responsible for this. As of now, Haitian civilians face

widespread acts of random violence and displacement.

According to UNICEF, over 362,000 desperate people

are internally displaced and hunger and life-threatening malnutrition are at a record high across the country.

Here in the United States, Florida officials announced the interdiction of a boat carrying 25 Haitian migrants,

interdiction by law enforcement last week.

Florida's governor and former Republican presidential candidate Ron Deantis, threatened to fly Haitian asylum seekers.

Where else?

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