Haiti and Endless Instability (Political Inertia) – Modern Tokyo Times

Haiti has become one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters in the world — a place where deaths flow year after year, ordinary life has been overtaken by extreme violence, political paralysis and systemic breakdown, and where the authority of the state has steadily receded before the power of armed gangs. United Nations-designated human rights expert William O’Neill once described conditions as “hell on earth” — a devastating phrase, but one that remains painfully relevant to the lived reality of millions of Haitians.