Washington has made no indication they’ll push for them, either.Įven if elections did come, Henry is so unpopular that the vast majority of Haitians say they wouldn’t vote or accept the results – not least because they believe the process would likely be rigged. He has already been directly linked by phone records to those suspected of being behind Moise’s assassination.Īnd, nearly two years into his sham presidency, there are still no signs that democratic elections are anywhere on the horizon. border represented something of a political headache even before the Del Rio disaster.Īfter all, anyone who knows anything about Haitian politics could have seen Henry for what he is: yet another power-hungry tyrant. That Biden essentially made Henry – who also now serves as acting president – the dictator of Haiti in return for easy repatriation of immigrants, whose presence on the U.S. It was a humanitarian crisis, but the chaos was over within days – thanks largely to Henry’s willingness to accept the deported Haitians back to his country.īut I believe that was the plan all along. Several thousand people were deported back to Haiti by plane. In September 2021, aerial footage of a sprawling encampment of some 15,000 Haitian migrants massed under a bridge in Del Rio near the Texas border made national headlines.įilthy, crowded conditions in the fetid camp raised fears of COVID-19 outbreaks.įood and water were scarce as desperate men, women and children crossed the Rio Grande river in search of supplies.Īnd images of Border Patrol agents on horseback corralling migrants were described by Biden’s own Secretary for Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, as ‘horrifying’.ĭesperate not to let the situation spiral into a full-blow PR nightmare, the federal government cleared the area in less than a week.įollowing Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s assassination, a group of foreign powers led by the United States moved fast to appoint Ariel Henry (pictured with US President Joe Biden and wife Jill), the former social affairs minister, as acting prime minister.
Soon, however, the crisis in Haiti was spilling over onto American soil. The people of Haiti had no say in the matter, but popular elections were supposedly going to be held at a later date. Rather, because Biden betrayed them.įollowing Moise’s killing, a group of foreign powers led by the United States moved fast to appoint Ariel Henry, the former social affairs minister, as acting prime minister. Ultimately, however, I was unable to do my job and resigned within three months.īut not because of anything the Haitians had done.
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