Haiti Expert: Political Solutions Must Deal With Gangs

The government of Haiti has collapsed, armed gangs have de facto control of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and foreigners are being evacuated as the country continues its slide into chaos. Robert Fatton Jr., the Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, is Haitian-born, and he frequently visits the country where his siblings and extended family reside. UVA Today sought perspective from Fatton on the country’s current predicament, calling upon his personal and political knowledge of Haiti’s disordered circumstances.