Haiti’s children ‘dragged into hell’ as gang violence rages
Al Jazeera
Many Haitian children face the stark choice of joining a gang or suffering from violence, poverty and hunger engulfing them.
Jude Chery has heard talk of armed gangs for most of his life.
The 30-year-old Haitian activist remembers that he started to learn the names of powerful gang leaders even as a child in primary school.
In the decades since, new gangs have formed, and new gang leaders — including some with international profiles — have taken over, as Haiti experienced multiple waves of political upheaval and uncertainty.
Now, the Caribbean nation is in the grips of a period of deadly gang violence and instability that many Haitians say is the worst they have ever seen.
Yet for Haiti’s children — the millions caught in the crossfire, no longer able to attend school, or pushed to join the armed gangs amid crippling poverty — the situation is especially dire.
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