UN’s New Haiti Gang Force: A Promise or Another Empty Ploy?

As Haiti spirals deeper into lawlessness, the United Nations Security Council has approved a large-scale gang suppression force, aiming to replace the ineffective Kenyan-led mission currently on the ground. But Haitians and analysts alike greet this announcement with wary skepticism, aware that past international interventions have fallen tragically short of restoring the nation’s sovereignty and security. Is This Just Another International Band-Aid on Haiti’s Deep Wounds? Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, gangs have seized control over roughly 90 percent of Port-au-Prince and expanded their terror into rural areas—kidnapping citizens, looting neighborhoods, and committing horrific acts of...