Haiti: Multi-dimensional crisis worsens by the hour
Haiti is facing a multidimensional crisis that is worsening by the hour, with increasing violence, hunger, poverty and political instability threatening the lives and rights of millions of people, according to a UN report. teleSUR
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00:00 The multi-dimensional crisis worsens by the hour as parliamentary groups control over
00:04 80 percent of the capital and prevent Prime Minister Erwin Rui currently in Puerto Rico
00:08 from returning to the country.
00:10 The Prime Minister hopes to return to India as flights to Haiti are currently banned.
00:14 In late February, Henry left the nation to travel to Guyana for a Caticum Summit, where
00:19 he announced general elections for August 2025.
00:23 From there, the Prime Minister traveled to Kenya, where he signed with President William
00:27 Putin an agreement to send 1,000 police to Haiti.
00:30 However, since last Thursday, the crisis has worsened, with the report of several shootings
00:34 in Port-au-Prince and the release of thousands of inmates.
00:37 The violence has caused the displacement of more than 15,000 people.
00:42 On Sunday, government authorities declared a curfew and a state of emergency.
00:45 The head of armed criminal groups in Haiti, Jimmy Cherichier, also known as "Barbecue",
00:50 threatened a bloody civil war if the Prime Minister does not resign.
00:53 "We will fight Ariel until the last drop of blood.
01:02 We will fight Ariel Henry until he resigns.
01:05 I am ready to make an alliance with the devil, ready to sleep in the same bed as the devil."
01:12 The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting.