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Haiti: A failed state?
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Kidnap, rape, riots and murder have become a part of everyday life in Haiti. Still reeling from successive natural disasters, a cholera epidemic and starvation, the people of the Caribbean nation are witnessing civil society collapse as dangerous gangs fight for dominance.The assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021 opened up a political vacuum and today sixty per cent of the capital Port Au Prince is under gang control. Is there any hope for Haiti or is it already a failed state?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.GuestsMario Delatour, Documentary filmmaker.Stephen Gibbs, Latin America Correspondent, The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: BBC, PBS, CBS, NBC, France 24, ABC, Voice of America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Feb 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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