Journalists climb a wall to take cover from gunfire after being shot at by armed gangs at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince.Credit...

The New York Times: Massacre Upon Massacre: Haiti’s Bleak Spiral Into a Failed State

Back-to-back massacres that resulted in 350 casualties, followed by a Christmas Eve assault on Haiti’s largest public hospital have underscored the Haitian government’s increasing lack of control over the nation’s deepening crisis.

“The Haitian government is really not clear on what they are doing,” said Sophie Rutenbar, Visiting Scholar at Center on International Cooperation at NYU, “Unfortunately right now they are faced with not good choices and worse choices.”

Read the full article: Massacre Upon Massacre: Haiti’s Bleak Spiral Into a Failed State

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