On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss the worsening violence and humanitarian crisis in Haiti. The UN estimates that 4.9 million Haitians, nearly half the population, are facing acute food insecurity.
Over 165,000 Haitians have fled their homes, driven out by gang violence, with nowhere else to go in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital city of nearly three million people, according to the Associate Press.
Guests:
Amy Wilentz, contributing editor at The Nation
Widlore Mérancourt, Haitian reporter and editor-in-chief of AyiboPost
Web Resources:
The Washington Post: Haitians fight back against gangs, drawing support — and worry
The Nation: Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap
The Guardian: UN expert calls for arms embargo on Haiti amid gang violence
Al Jazeera: Haitians suffer in shelters as gang violence displaces thousands
