Protests broke out in Port-au-Prince against the plan by the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to install an interim prime minister after Ariel Henry announced his intention to resign.
Special forces police officer turned gang kingpin Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier has control of a great part of Haiti’s capital along with other criminal groups, and politicians across the country are scrambling for power, making the creation of a transitional presidential council unlikely.
Politically connected gangs have sowed chaos in Haiti’s capital over the past two weeks, storming prisons, seizing control of the port, torching shops and police stations and laying siege to the international airport
Is the feared gang boss ‘Barbecue’ now the most powerful man in Haiti?
Haiti: what caused the gang violence and will it end now the PM has quit?
