The gang violence in Haiti has gotten worse despite the deployment of U.N.-sanctioned international police officers, forcing mass displacement, hunger among millions and even famine for thousands of Haitians.
The security situation in Haiti has once again degraded despite months of support from United Nations-approved Kenyan-led forces sent in to aid the Haitian police as gang violence escalates. In a Tuesday address to the Security Council, María Isabel Salvador, special representative of the secretary-general and head of the U.N.
Funding has lagged and several U.N. representatives pointed to the persistence of arms smuggling schemes, frequently through Florida, that continue to aid the violent gang activity. Political ineptitude and corruption remain major concerns as the nation looks to propel its new government, formed in June but which is losing public trust as divisions mount between the dual executive, headed by the prime minister and presidential council.
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