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The U.S.-backed democratic vacuum in Haiti is collapsing

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The U.S.-backed democratic vacuum in Haiti is collapsing

Jonathan M. Katz
Sep 16, 2022
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Haiti is imploding. The immediate cause is a massive hike in gas prices, which the government has announced will nearly triple overnight. (Unlike in the United States, where people just assume the president does things like that, the Haitian state formally sets prices at the pump.) Flaming barricades are going up in all the major cities. Banks are close…

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