The Sunday Story: On the Ground in Haiti

周日故事:海地实地

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2024-06-30

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NPR's Eyder Peralta reports from a country caught between criminal gangs, a broken government and a multinational police mission with a history of brutality. In this episode of The Sunday Story, Eyder asks what that current situation means for Haitians facing spiraling gang violence and the arrival of an international security force in a nation with a legacy of disastrous foreign interventions. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • I'm Ayesha Roscoe, and this is a Sunday story.

  • During the past several months, Haiti's been pushed to the edge of anarchy.

  • A coalition of gains has taken over 80% of the capital, Port au Prince.

  • They closed the main port and attacked the country's main airport.

  • They even forced the prime minister out of office.

  • At one point, the violence got so bad, most international journalists were unable to get in.

  • But recently, NPR's Ada Peralta managed to go there and report on the situation on the ground.

  • So we're off on a motorcycle again, and we are headed toward a barbecue for an interview.

  • He was also able to talk with Jimmy Sharizier, better known as barbecue, a gang leader who's become one of the most powerful men in Haiti.

  • So a little bit ago, we passed.

  • The national palace, and once you pass the national palace, we are in territory that barbecue controls.

  • These streets are pretty desolate.

  • Most of the stores are closed here.

  • Very few people on the streets.

  • Some of the buildings look burnt out.

  • Ader eventually gets dropped off by the side of a pink house.

  • We are here.

  • The roof and the walls are covered in soot.

  • And then the man he's come all this way to meet shows up.

  • He came in just in a white shirt, jean shorts, and in a black land cruiser.