Haiti has been mired in violence since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, with street gangs engaging in kidnappings and murders while taking over large parts of the country.
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On March 12, Ariel Henry, who leads an interim government, said he would step down amid growing violence and a humanitarian crisis.
Henry is currently stranded in Puerto Rico after being prevented by armed gangs from returning home.
Henry’s resignation, however, seems unlikely to solve Haiti’s decades-long crisis of governance – punctuated by violence, natural disasters, and external interventions, including by the U.S. and UN – which has persisted since an uprising ended the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986.