Jake Johnston is senior research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Nation, ABC News, Boston Review, Truthout, the Intercept, and elsewhere.
A surge of gang violence in Haiti has now led to the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Through its heavy-handed use of foreign aid to intervene in Haitian politics, the US government bears significant responsibility for Haiti’s ongoing instability.
Haiti has a new president. But Jovenel Moïse’s right-wing coalition is far from stable.