Haiti: Powerful Gang Leader Demands Role In Talks
A lawless country and a day in the life of a leader.
Edition #121
02.04.24
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Newsflash⚡ writes fictional stories behind today’s top headlines. This story takes us into the “cataclysmic” situation in Haiti, which is effectively lawless at the moment.
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Read the original article (Morgan Gisholt Minard - BBC News)⚡⚡⚡
Haiti: Gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Chérizier demands talks role - BBC News
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“What is taking so long! What is taking so long!”
Sometimes, I do wish that he was less impatient. he was always shouting, going to somewhere important. and it was important. it’s not important, really, now unless/until there are guns involved. he didn’t need to worry or be shouting, because I had just finished loading the ammunition, and closed the trunk of the car before he could get any angrier. he is an angry man with chips on the shoulder, but in this world, the world I live in? sometimes you hatta pinch your nose to drink the stinky water. little by little, the bird makes its nest - I just do what I have to do, in this world…
“when we find this man, we kill him good,” said boss. “we give no second chances.”
“yes boss,”
“aim for the heart, not no head, shoulders, kneesn’toes.”
“yes boss.” the cheek to think i have no nose to my face…
“try to question the alliance… tut! to break away, now? to what? to go back again, uh? to go back to war again, uh?” the boss sucked his teeth and hit his fist against the passenger window. clearly the man was burning hot. “i’ll show him war, if he wants to collapse the federation, he will have to fight with us, first!” the boss did a reassuring laugh. it did not sound very reassuring. “we will not let him cut this grass here.”
we arrived at the apartment building at around quarter to three. i could tell just from the positioning, he was not a very smart man. his office - three windows, no tint. the same car, always, that he was seen in, parked there, on the pavement. sometimes if you are this stupid i think it is right you will know george. tut. i opened the trunk of the car and took out the ammunition.
Remington 700 XCR. .300 w.m. rounds, 26-inch flute. very, very good steel. an important meeting.
we walked into the apartment building.
nobody sits in the lobbies any more, so we just walked past it, there it was, empty, and through the security gates that didn’t ring. we went straight into the elevator and to the fifth floor. we needed a room on the left side.
one mother, two children. we told them to sit on the sofa. they sat on the sofa because they could tell that it was important. nobody wants to make a wooden cat on a Tuesday.
meanwhile boss assembled the gun - a simple process, because they are very good makes; American firepower. now, they are very common here, which we are not proud of - but if you have one of these, they will know you are not sending flowers.
now we only had to wait for the office to open. which we did, for several hours. boss was muttering to himself about something, and then going quiet. the ceiling fan made a dreadful humming noise. at one point, one of the children needed the toilet.
his mother persuaded him not to go.
halfway through, my mind wandered, you know, like it is prone to. my mind will stay still when the chicken will have teeth. and so i did as usual - i returned to my usual daydream. a balance of power, and finally, finally… recognition, and… peace… peace… a place where my grandchildren will not have to live like I have done, where they will not have to kill. all of this war, all of this fighting, all of this, this back and forth… rotten blood! sitting in rooms, holding mothers hostage with their children, where the ceiling fan makes that noise… home… or a feeling of home, it always makes me wonder…
there was a single shot.
… what is taking so long?
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Read the original article (Morgan Gisholt Minard - BBC News)⚡⚡⚡
Haiti: Gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Chérizier demands talks role - BBC News
further reading:
Haiti's children caught in 'cataclysm' of gang violence - BBC News
Haiti: US guns pour into Port-au-Prince, fuelling surge in violence - BBC News
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or a plastic dog on a wednesday
Haiti sure has had it's share of people with power over them showing all sorts of evil. To be fair it is same world over. Be it Royals/politicians/establishment/ rich etc they in general all show some sort of evil towards the poor. Aid workers in countries where there has been a disaster and Oxfam showed that where again----Oh Haiti!