A police officer works to clear barricades of burning tires set on fire by residents to deter gang members from entering their neighbourhood, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 19, 2024
CHINA and Russia have opposed a campaign by the United States to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti into a United Nations peacekeeping mission.
The two nations called a UN security council meeting as gangs intensified attacks, shooting at four aircraft, which led to the closure of the airport in the capital Port-au-Prince, and attacking the upmarket district of Petionville on Tuesday.
The UN estimates that the gangs control 85 per cent of the city and have spread into surrounding areas.
While Trump threatens to send Haitian gang leaders to El Salvador's terror prison, DANNY SHAW reveals how these paramilitary groups are merely symptoms of US-backed neocolonial rule — the real terrorists are the CIA and international actors arming desperate youth to traumatise an unarmed population
