The US has drafted a UN Security Council resolution calling for the deployment of an international force to help the Haitian government quell protests and unrest, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.
The Post obtained a copy of the resolution, which calls for “the immediate deployment of a multinational rapid action force.” The draft doesn’t identify specific countries that would take part or detail what their role would be, but it is the clearest sign yet that the US favors some sort of military intervention in Haiti.
The draft proposal, which could be formally proposed as soon as Monday, came after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the creation of an international force to help the Haitian National Police as they deal with an uprising led by armed groups the Haitian government considers gangs.
According to the draft resolution, the US is “encouraging the immediate deployment of a multinational rapid action force to support the [Haitian National Police], as recommended in the Secretary General’s letter.”
The US resolution singles out Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, who leads a group known as G9 Family and Allies. Cherizier has blockaded a key fuel terminal in Port-au-Prince and has called for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who has led the Haitian government since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
Moïse was gunned down in his home by a group of mostly Colombian mercenaries, some of whom were former members of Colombia’s military and had been previously trained by the Pentagon. But who ordered the killing has not been solved as the investigation has been stalled.
Protests have also broken out in Haiti’s major cities, where demonstrators have blocked roads and are calling for Henry’s resignation. The protests were sparked by the government announcing that it would stop subsidizing fuel.
Henry’s government has appealed for the deployment of an international force to help deal with the situation. The US and Canada on Saturday sent armored vehicles and other supplies to help police quell the unrest.
Wow don’t know, our record isn’t good, but here we go with civil order collapsing and people will start to die. Do you suppose we will bill them for this intervention and just add it to their tab? I would say not to go until it is more obviously bad. You send in our military and people will die. We need that number to be small to the number who died before we sent them in.
IMF to the rescue.
That would help the American reputation and interests best.
Washington saw to the murder; and, now, after a decent interval, is orchestrating arrangements for her next puppet government.
Every stinking time we get involved in Haiti, things get worse. And, oh, about the Haitian refugees? We send them back. Same for Afghan refugees (and former interpreters trying to get out of there). Ukraine refugees? 130,000 and counting.
Wherever the US goes to bring Freedom and Democracy they leave a trail of blood and suffering. Armored vehicles and other supplies to help the police when help to rebuild the society would have been much better.
Papa and Baby doc had no problems with Americans, human rights issues, or corruption, they were clean. They must have been the best government serving American interests or they would not have lasted that long.
I’m sure the American taxpayers will finance another Haiti fiasco.
How lovely, we’re invading Haiti next. Where’s the media coverage on that? Leave the rest of the world alone!