Justin Trudeau plans to spend $100 million to help Haiti. As appalling as the situation in Haiti is, a painful conclusion must be drawn: Haiti will not be rescued from outside.
Most of the money being poured into it is being diverted by the rogues who run Haiti. Sending in an international force would bring even worse results. After some appeasement, as usual, she would become the scapegoat for everything that went wrong in Haiti.
We must let the Haitians solve their own problems. When they have suffered enough and understand that they are primarily responsible for the evils that overwhelm them, they will imprison themselves the scum who exploit them. But they’re not there yet.
It might even be too late to save the country.
What arguments are used to excuse the problems in Haiti?
Too often, many Haitians repeat the same old tunes to excuse their government’s ineptitude. The French government asked Haitians to pay a huge debt. True, but that debt was paid off in full in 1947. Haiti’s new debt was forgiven in 2010. Foreign companies encouraged corruption in Haiti. True, but it was up to the Haitian government to legislate against this scourge. The US-linked drug and arms trade is fueling tensions in Haiti. Exactly, but why aren’t the Haitian police fighting this human trafficking? Could they be in cahoots with the traffickers?
Why accuse the Haitian leaders of mismanagement?
The strongest arguments against the Haitian leadership’s disastrous management come when compared to the other half of the island, the half where the Dominican Republic thrives. The Dominican Republic suffers from the same adverse circumstances as Haiti. However, this country is infinitely better off than Haiti. With a similar population, the Dominican Republic generates a GDP of $18,600 per capita. GDP per capita in Haiti is $2900.
Where would the money Trudeau promised end up?
Justin Trudeau wants Canadian money to prioritize funding for Haitian police forces to be trained and better armed. What happens when the Haitian police are better armed? Mafia groups will buy even more powerful weapons. And who but Trudeau is naïve enough to think that more education will root out the general culture of corruption that pervades the country, including law enforcement?
What is the diagnosis of the situation in Haiti?
The sad reality is that the country is probably beyond salvage. Haiti is a failed state. In addition to the deep decay of its institutions, Haiti will face the increasingly catastrophic effects of climate change in the coming decades. The country’s natural resources are not sufficient to cover the population growth. The level of education of the population is too low to change the economy significantly. Haiti looks like a patient that medicine can do nothing for. Trying to save it is political inexorability.
What is likely to happen to Haiti?
Haiti is in danger of falling completely into the hands of mafia groups who will increasingly use the veil of state institutions to conduct their trade and enforce their order. The population will become destitute and the number of refugees will increase. This hell could go on forever.
