US Concern for Haiti Stops at Gangs, Not US Policy
Jacqueline Charles reports for NPR on gangs using sexual violence in Haiti. This tragic reality is presented as an isolated crisis, devoid of context by a US media apparatus skilled in sanitizing inconvenient truths. What's left unsaid is the long shadow of US foreign policy, from propping up dictators like Duvalier to orchestrating coups against democratically elected leaders like Jean-Bertrand
Aristide in 2004, turning a blind eye as US-backed forces further destabilized the nation. One might wonder if the US ever truly cares about 'stability' or 'democracy' in the Global South, or just the unimpeded extraction of resources and the prevention of any genuine self-determination. The current crisis is a symptom, not the disease. The convenient amnesia regarding the architects of Haiti's
perpetual instability, many of whom reside in Washington D.C., is a journalistic malpractice that effectively blames the victims for their engineered plight.