Opinion: To observe this month鈥檚 Haitian Flag Day, the members of Haiti's political and business elite who've sponsored violent gangs should reflect on the damage they've done - and hope it鈥檚 not irreparable.
The fallout from a deadly spasm of armed violence in Jamaica in 2010 began a process of severing ties between that country鈥檚 gangs and its political and business elites. SA国际传谋鈥檚 Americas Editor Tim Padgett says it鈥檚 a break that Haiti in 2026 desperately needs to emulate.
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