[Elizabeth76]

The escalation of violence has resulted in economic crises, increased prices and exacerbated poverty. The gangs have disrupted food supplies by, at times, shutting down the economy by threatening people and mounting widespread roadblocks, known locally as peyi lok, as a deliberate and effective ploy to stifle all economic activity.

They have also blocked key transportation routes and levied extortionate, unofficial taxes on vehicles that attempt to pass between the capital and productive agricultural areas.

In one case, a gang leader in Artibonite, the country’s main rice growing area and a relatively new focus for gang activity, issued multiple threats on social media, warning that any farmers returning to their fields would be killed. The World Food Programme (WFP) reported in 2022 that there had been a notable decrease in cultivated land in Artibonite.

Meanwhile, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that in 2023, agricultural production plummeted by around 39 per cent for maize, 34 per cent for rice and 22 per cent for sorghum compared to the five-year average.

How did we get to this point?
While the current hunger crisis in Haiti has been exacerbated by the control the gangs exert over the economy and daily life in Haiti, it has its roots in decades of underdevelopment as well as political and economic crises.

Deforestation partly due to poverty and natural disasters like flooding, drought and earthquakes, have also contributed to food insecurity.

Trade liberalization policies introduced in the 1980s significantly reduced import taxes on agricultural products, including rice, maize and bananas, undercutting the competitiveness and viability of locally produced food.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Smile for the camera please and make sure to show you’ve got meat between your teeth..

[Charlemagne]

If his front teeth were the twin towers both planes would have flown between the buildings.

[TheCruxofBag]

Full video.

[REVZZYBAN]

I’ll try a piece of that buttocks. Please cook it to rare. 110 degrees.

[Elizabeth76]

Thanks so much crux I had a very difficult time trying to post that video, it kept failing. Perfect!

[Bletch]

These Afro-Caribbeans sure has class

[samcws]

This must the world 1st human farm.
They feed and grow human for consumption.
They even demonstrate to buyer how to cook the freshly killed human.
You wash them in a bowl of lemon water, well clean it.
Season it with some local sauce then just put in the charcoal and BBQ it. Nothing else need to add and it taste so ... (only they know) :P

[Killgaad]

I hope the subhuman filth gets AIDS.

[Elizabeth76]

What I don't understand is how that tiny piece of meat fed so many? You'd think they would just cook big grade A cuts.