Haiti’s Collapse: How Failed Governance Abandons Thousands to Gang Violence

For millions of Haitians, life has spiraled into a nightmare where safety is a memory and survival means fleeing armed gangs that have seized nearly 90% of the capital, Port-au-Prince. More than one million civilians—many of them children—now live displaced inside their own country, trapped in filthy camps with little hope of rescue. When State Failure Becomes a Death Sentence Mitalia Cincir's story echoes the tragedy faced by thousands forced from their homes. Once living with dignity, she and her six children now endure life "worse than beggars," sleeping on bare ground drenched by rain. Their neighborhood, Solino, was overrun...