Canada is sanctioning two senior Haitian officials for their alleged support of gangs, which MPs have been told are exploiting children and wreaking havoc akin to a civil war.
“Haitians are increasingly deprived of essentials, exposed to increasing violence, and feel abandoned,” said Patrick Auguste, head of a diaspora youth association, at a House of Commons subcommittee meeting on Friday.
Haiti is facing an intractable series of crises that have closed hospital and schools during a deadly cholera outbreak and widespread power outages.
It’s all made worse by gangs that are blockading the country’s main fuel terminal, leading the government to call for a foreign military intervention, despite not holding an election since 2016….