How Haiti fell apart after an assassination | If You’re Listening

Published 2023-10-13
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In 2021, a doctor from Florida met with a group of men to plan the overthrow of the Haitian President. The plot triggered a series of events which led to the President’s death, the almost total collapse of the government, and the rise of mob rule in Haiti. So why is Kenya now being sent in to save the day Matt Bevan takes a look.

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All Comments (21)
  • @tcr6365
    Great series, loving these videos!
  • @adamcharming
    I don’t know how there’s no CIA fingerprints on this, it really feels like a CIA op
  • Great to hear this story to understand a troubled part of the world that has been smashed by the French, the Americans, and brutal men in Haiti itself.
  • @AD-mo5sg
    Having just returned from Kenya, I can agree with the worry about Kenyan police being the ones to attempt to restore order, however I think it’s a great opportunity for Kenya to show their potential on the world stage. Beautiful country and people.
  • @huwwilliams9714
    Great presentation , factual and engaging . An hour or two ago I posted a question re;- the 1000 Kenyan police and their motive and eagerness to participate / lead the UN mission having been unconvinced by the explanation in an interview I`d heard on BBC World Service with the Kenyan minister which was basically an altruistic duty to help our brothers in difficulty in Haiti , from the kindness of our hearts . I might`ve guessed a little `you scratch my back and I`ll scratch yours ` from the U.S. might be behind it although might not the mission have a better chance of success absent the US amongst the peacekeepers I wonder . It still seems as you suggest an unlikely choice but an interesting theory . What a crazy story though , intriguing .....
  • @elvenkind6072
    3:25 Is that corpses burning in the middle of the streets and people just walking by and driving in circles around them???!!!
  • @thinclient5318
    We have not struggled to fight ALshabab. We have actually done better than the US. Unless you got your facts from the news.
  • @tarik5897
    might have been helpful to mention that most of those leaders were deposed sue to US and French intervention, Because Haiti was founded by a slave rebellion against France, the French believed they were owed "reparations" for their lost "property"
  • We saw underground videos of the Colombian commandos being filleted with machetes, by Haitians in the fields. We all saw the top tier horror videos from Haiti after they captured those Colombians.
  • Umetutusi mahali 😅,ati how about you get someone without those all qualifications 😂
  • @WerezerRoo
    Plot twist he gets 🏴‍☠️☠️💀
  • @jankoss6429
    Kenyans are going nowhere, as per decision of Kenyan Supreme Court; perhaps they might pop in to Somalia, DRC in Africa . . .