Nouvelle Perspective

BRING OUR 'A' GAME U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Todd Robinson in Haiti this month.

U.S. diplomat helping Haiti rebuild its police: elites tied to gangs are 'on notice'

Tim Padgett

Assistant Secretary of State Todd Robinson has the daunting task of helping Haitians restore their collapsed security — so they can restore their collapsed country.

Haitian gang members armed with assault rifles motorcycle past children in a street market.

Commentary

The U.S. and the world must step into Haiti, not just for the kidnappings — but for the kids

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY The near certainty that Haiti's omnipotent gangs will forcefully recruit minors, à la Central America, should move the U.S. to act there.

Near a bullet-pocked Catholic shrine, a Haitian man keeps low to avoid gunshots as he runs across a gang-controlled street in Port-au-Prince this month.

Haitians Fear Gangs Are Now More Powerful Than Government

Tim Padgett

Sunday's murder in Port-au-Prince of a Baptist deacon and his wife's kidnapping are a brutal reminder that Haiti's street gangs are de facto "legalized bandits."