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the united state Government should be held accountable For Haiti failure

Haiti needs new allied

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This gallery showcases photos taken in Haiti by Goran Tomasevic, a photographer for Canada’s Globe and Mail. Tomasevic and Haitian journalist Yvon Vilius documented the collapse of civil authority in the country as it continues to fall to armed gangs. The two journalists focused on how the violence has affected Haiti’s children, many of whom have joined the gangs.

The boys might be used as lookouts or runners to buy cigarettes before being given weapons themselves, while girls are used as sex slaves or as cooks and cleaners.

The U.N. estimates that the number of children in the ranks of Haiti’s gangs has increased by 70% in the past year, and that children now make up roughly half of the gangs’ fighting force.

A teenage gang member walks with a rifle during a raid in Port-au-Prince on Dec. 13, 2024. The United Nations estimates that about half of the country’s gang members are children.
A teenage gang member walks with a rifle during a raid in Port-au-Prince on Dec. 13, 2024. The United Nations estimates that about half of the country’s gang members are children.
Gang members survey the husk of a police vehicle they set on fire in the town of Gressier during an attack on a police station on May 27, 2024, that resulted in the deaths of two officers, according to the gang. One member wears a vest stolen from a police officer.
Gang members survey the husk of a police vehicle they set on fire in the town of Gressier during an attack on a police station on May 27, 2024, that resulted in the deaths of two officers, according to the gang. One member wears a vest stolen from a police officer.More
A woman carries a child during a fight between police and gang members in downtown Port-au-Prince.
A woman carries a child during a fight between police and gang members in downtown Port-au-Prince.
A man stands in front of a burned barricade set up by a gang member near the Presidential palace in Port-au-Prince on April 23, 2024.
A man stands in front of a burned barricade set up by a gang member near the Presidential palace in Port-au-Prince on April 23, 2024.
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Gang members carry stolen goods after raiding a Port-au-Prince neighborhood on Dec. 6, 2024.
Gang members carry stolen goods after raiding a Port-au-Prince neighborhood on Dec. 6, 2024.
Internally displaced people take refuge in the remains of the National Theatre, which was destroyed by the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 Haitians.
Internally displaced people take refuge in the remains of the National Theatre, which was destroyed by the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 Haitians.
The blood of a gang member who was shot by police is seen in Port-au-Prince on June 2, 2024.
The blood of a gang member who was shot by police is seen in Port-au-Prince on June 2, 2024.
A gang member fires his rifle at police during a gun battle near the Presidential Palace Port-au-Prince on April 21, 2024.
A gang member fires his rifle at police during a gun battle near the Presidential Palace Port-au-Prince on April 21, 2024.
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A woman walks next to the body of a woman who was killed, according to local media, by gang members in downtown Port-au-Prince on May 27, 2024.
A woman walks next to the body of a woman who was killed, according to local media, by gang members in downtown Port-au-Prince on May 27, 2024.
A dead body on the street covered in a shroud, as a child walks by. The man was coming to collect running water from a pump when police shot him for reasons that are unclear, according to family and witnesses.
A dead body on the street covered in a shroud, as a child walks by. The man was coming to collect running water from a pump when police shot him for reasons that are unclear, according to family and witnesses.More