U.S. Relaunches Haiti Security Push After 2024 Mission Burned Millions
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 15
U.S. Relaunches Haiti Security Push After 2024 Mission Burned Millions
1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 15
The U.S. is making a fresh attempt to contain Haiti’s spiraling violence after a 2024 intervention backed by Washington failed to restore security.
Millions of dollars went into that earlier U.N.-approved, Kenyan-led mission, which raised hopes it would push gangs back but did not stop heavily armed groups from tightening their grip.
Kenscoff, a farming town outside Port-au-Prince, had initially been spared the worst of the violence, and residents such as 52-year-old vendor Monique Methellus Paul saw the force as a chance to protect communities beyond the capital.
The renewed effort underscores how Haiti’s crisis has outlasted an expensive foreign-backed deployment, leaving Washington again searching for a way to stabilize the Caribbean nation.
Beyond military force, how can Haiti rescue the half-million children currently trapped and controlled by violent gangs?
Can a new, more powerful foreign force finally bring peace to Haiti, or is it doomed to repeat past failures?