Gangs strike in Haiti's heartland as hundreds flee under heavy gunfire

Thousands of Haitians take to streets to protest surging gang violence

By Yves Pierre Surin

Haiti police trade gunfire with protesters as thousands rally against gang violence

The whizzing bullets caused the crowd to flee in panic, with shoes, caps and sunglasses left strewn on the street.

Gunfire as thousands protest in Haiti to denounce a surge in gang violence

Thousands of protesters in Haiti have clashed with police as they denounce a surge in gang violence and demand that the government keep them safe.

Attacking U.S. Gun Laws Because of Haitian Gangs is Right Out of the Prohibitionist Playbook

A corrupt monopoly of violence results in uncontrollable corruption and violence, and the “answer” from gun prohibitionists is more laws against those inclined to obey them? (U.S. Department of Defense) “Haiti Doesn’t Make Guns,” The New York Times reported Sunday. “So How Are Gangs Awash in Them?” Who wants to guess where they’re going with this? “Critics say not enough is done to regulate the sale of weapons in the United States to straw buyer…

Resistance to violence, bourgeoisie, imperialism grows in Haiti

The corporate press in both the United States and France present the political situation in Haiti as a struggle between the so-called official government and an alliance of heavily armed criminal “gangs” called Viv Ansanm (“Live together” in Creole), which is on the verge of seizing control of Port

According to one local official, thousands of inhabitants have taken refuge in neighbouring communes, while members of criminal gangs face law enforcement forces.