Thats fake news as is much of the stuff coming out of Haiti atm. His dad died when he was young and his mom sold fried chicken on the street to support her 7 kids. He took on that nickname from there since here stuff was popular locally but folks love big tales so theyll say hes a cannibal.
The cannibalism thing is real to a degree. I can say that because NBC news already came out with an article basicaly telling us we’re “racist” if we are unsettled by it
Reading a book titled "Why Nations Fail" and the elites and politicians selling their countries resources to enrich themselves has been the reason for most of the book so far.
Politicians everywhere are liars and scum of the worst degree. They promise to fix the country but go around each others back trying to usurp and deceive each other while keeping the facade of friendly faces while they leave their people in the dust. I wish Haitians nothing but the best, but unfortunately their country is going to be like this for a while
Just back from visiting family in El Salvador last time went was 17 years ago . I remember my cousin telling me how Gangs pretty much controlled everyday life for example if you wanted to work in another town/city /neighborhood you pretty had to check if your local gang [MS-13,Street 18 etc.] controlled that area incase you would run into the local gangs that way when asked "where are you from?" the neighborhood /city your from being controlled by them allows passage. I couldn't imagine living that kind of life while trying to make an honest living right now El Salvador has peace there's still a lot of work that needs to be done there in terms of building infrastructure . This does show when politicians really want to make a difference/change it is possible
My folks are from El Salvador and i just went back after 12 yrs and its night and day. Ppl can finally live their lives without constantly fearing being killed by gangs. Its probably going to take a similar strategy to fix things in Haiti
@@Law19157 it's very much the same in Latin America. The only reason things have worked in El Salvador for example, is because the new regime has been quite effective in taking almost absolute power. So far it's been a net positive. Whether it stays that way is still to be determined
@Law19157 ^ to add on, the president imprisoned EVERY politician from my dads city "usulutan" because the corruption ran DEEP. Police had agreements with gangs and even worked with them as well.. it takes a lot of work but it cam be done, just need one good leader in power. Thats hard to do though..
@@esmeraldaherrera7554 I wouldn't say 1 good leader if it's a republic, you'll need like minded people in Congress and other positions of power to make it happen. There's only so much a President can do. Even you're a monarch, you'll need the undying loyalty from your military to accomplish your goals otherwise you'll end up in a Game of Thrones type situation.
The troubles Haiti goes through makes me so sad. I'm generalizing but it's like the people, collectively, can't get a break. And then I have to hear racists saying and writing stuff like, "What do you expect? 🤷🏾♂️" Haiti has a complex and powerful history. It's like damn
Exactly, used to irk me to see racists on the internet with the typical response "It's because they're black". Unfortunately or fortunately, I've gotten used to it so it doesn't bother me anymore but seriously we need to get our shit together.
Haitian president was assassinated because he did not want to bend knee to the bigfarma mob who wanted to force Haiti into lockdown during kovidian paranoia. The same thing happened to the president of Tanzania. Of course their successors bent the knee...
Haitian president was assassinated because he did not want to bend knee to the bigfarma mob who wanted to force Haiti into lockdown during kovidian paranoia. The same thing happened to the president of Tanzania. Of course their successors bent the knee...
I'm from Jamaica 🇯🇲.. living in the US now.. our leaders in Jamaica doing the same thing.. selling our resources & pocketing the money while our economy is failing
During "Operation Unified Response," I was a Corpsman who was on the "USNS Comfort" in Port Au Prince, Haiti. This was right after the major earthquakes that destroyed their infrastructure. We did the best we could helping the Haitians, who were broken due to the concrete from buildings falling on them. I distinctly remember talking to an interpreter (who was Haitian-born) and asking questions about the history of Haiti. He went in to the history with the Spainards, French, etc, but one of the things he said to me was "We have to keep trying, because we have nothing left." Maybe the charity work me and my fellow Corpsman did might've not amounted to much, but I like to think it gave a semblance of hope for all the people there. I'm not suffering there in Haiti, so it's easy for me to talk, but a part of me wishes deeply that things get better over there. Also: The government and "elite" class are extremely corrupt. It's ridiculous. The stories I could tell that I experienced was eye-opening. It literally changed my life and how lucky I consider myself.
As a Dominican I have been following this situation lately, I recognize that both countries have a rocky relationship, but we need each other. It saddens me because when I used to live in DR, some of the most hardworking people I knew were haitian. The things they are living are beyond comprehension and that’s leaving them with no option but to cross the border (which is not that hard tbh because our security guards are corrupt and the system is trash :3) all this is happening while the united nations are pressuring our government to accept refugees, which would basically ensure we have two failed states instead of one. I am not trying to make this about my country because there is a clear answer to who needs more help, but my country certainly doesn’t have enough resources to turn the situation around…and if we are honest the US and France are the ones at fault for whats going on there, but it’s easier for them to make us take their responsibility.
@cheriepomba wrong. We were never one nation. We Dominicans have our own constitution , religion, language...we live in the same island but we are not the same... don't make my comment racist, I'm just stating the fact. Haitians are very hard working people but never had a government that care for them. It's a shame what they did to their country.
@cheriepomba yea. You're on some good drugs. Haiti and DR were together for like 22 years only. And we know what that was about. That said its sad if you're honest hard working haitian and this is going on.
Religion (Haitian Catholicism) isn't the sickness. It's the lack of accountability and responsibility that's the sickness. The religious quote is "Faith without works is dead". Meaning, you can't just do nothing/ something dumb, say "I'll let God handle it, He'll save us" and be surprised when things don't work out in your favor.
People need to take this old Christian proverb: two farmers were experiencing a drought, both prayed to God for rain, but one went out in the fields and prepared it for rain. Who's prayer did God truly answer? Every instance of someone asking God for help or Jesus for healing in the bible involved someone physically doing something to show their faith and prepare for a miracle. Those who sit back and say let God handle it are blinded from the possibility of God using them to do good if you want to look at it from a religious pov
That's not quite true. That's were grace comes in. Which is unfettered Mercy. If its solely based on our works, then what was the point of the cross? It's 'while we were still sinners, Christ died for us', not when we decided to believe in God an act good, Christ died. I'm not saying you don't do anything, but if there's no Grace there is no Christian faith and its no different then any other ideology.
The mind sett is very different down there.. I've never been to Haiti, but I assume it's similar to Niciragua... About 12 years ago I was in niciragua, deploying filters to sit up river, it would purify the water and offer a better quality water source to hundreds of people down river... I explained this to hundreds of people, it was commissioned by the local government, and would offer much cleaner water to so many people. The first question asked was 'how much is it worth?' I explained it was worth maybe 5k dollars, very expensive equipment! I returned a year later, of the 5 we fitted EVERY single one had been stripped for parts, the wiring, switches and copper. None of that worth anything. I would have understood it being stolen and sold, it was expensive, but to strip it for cheap parts?!?!?!
Oh my god... that is just... saddening 😕 "Let's trade the cumulative betterment and stability of all of us for a quick buck that will get us nowhere in the end" is the absolute LAST sentiment someone should ever have within a community or a nation in dire circumstances. Humanity loves getting in its own way, it's insane... and then all we ever go on about is when someone else gets in our way while still ignoring and perpetuating how we get in our own way 🤦🏽♀️
My partner is from Haiti, and he had to help his baby mama move out of Port Au Prince with their kids to the DR because of how dangerous it became for them. The kids couldn't even go to school. They had to charger their electronics with solar powered portable chargers. The power and water were cut for the entire city. They refused to have fuel delivered there for months. It's extremely sad and disgusting.
El Salvador had institutions and it’s people have chosen a leader to do their bidding and they have turned around Haiti hasn’t and failed in it’s institutions failed as a nation and no leader on sight instead just corrupted oligarchs leaders and gang leaders
Bro you’re so right. In my country Ghana, our water bodies have been polluted by illegal miners. The Chinese are paying off local chiefs to destroy forest reserves and water bodies to mine for Gold. If you’ve heard cocoa prices are surging it’s because the cocoa trading body has cheated farmers for so long. They had a scholarship fund setup to help poor farmers take their kids to school but the scholarships have gone to the kids of wealthy politicians. The former finance minister (cousin of the sitting president) who owns multiple banks in Africa had his daughter put on a $58k scholarship to Georgetown university the highest ever awarded. So now these farmers are selling their lands to the Chinese to mine using toxic chemicals like arsenic and lead causing deaths but the government claims its fighting that. The Europeans messed us up no doubt but our leaders are just as culpable if not more. Just 8 years of poor leadership has set my country back so many decades it’s just sad, all they can focus on is passing homophobic bills and levying insane taxes
Unfortunately this is happening to this day here in the US too. ICWA and the sovereignty of the native population is getting attacked yet again, but noone gives a fk because we humans such a forgetting nature if we are not the ones experiencing it then is very difficult for us to feel strongly about a subject imom
The Europeans provide the incentive with money and a history of exploitation. They also FUND malitias to overthrow countries when they try to legislate for themselves. Most of the problems (especially) Africa is manufactured by the West, and until they cut them off completely, it will continue to be this way. If you are American/European, it is in your best interest to keep the status quo, the flow of goods to your countries, the global reserve currency is your own. For the rest of the world, if they want change, they have to give the west the finger.
The Europeans provide the incentive with money and a history of exploitation. They also FUND malitias to overthrow countries when they try to legislate for themselves. Most of the problems (especially) Africa is manufactured by the West, and until they cut them off completely, it will continue to be this way. If you are American/European, it is in your best interest to keep the status quo, the flow of goods to your countries, the global reserve currency is your own. For the rest of the world, if they want change, they have to give the west the finger.
Marine here. Haiti is a country that the Marine Corps has a long tradition of a love-hate relationship with. Every 10 years or so it goes off the rails and for some reason they send us in to try to put it back together again. All we get is a bunch of dead or injured Marines and hundreds of civilian casualties. It's time to let Haiti decide its own fate. If that means to tear itself apart and Civil War then so be it.
Very harsh when you look at context of Haiti’s past and how much the world screwed them over, first slave country to free itself and they were treated like animals. Should be our responsibility to keep it stable even if it means permanently having US marines there. Because if it crumbles our country is only a 2 hour flight away
On one hand, I agree that foreign intervention could make things worse long term, on the other…well the way this is headed, we could have a legitimate mass migration crisis worse than Cuba back in the 80’s, simply because this is already on top of the porous border we already have, that reduces the resources we can put towards this.
American protagonist trying to save his family? Then he gets caught up in a multi national plot to take over the island.🏝️ and he runs into Jason Brody…🤣. Drugs, voodoo, the whole 9.
I am Dominican and while there is some friction between the two nations, a lot of us hope that they can one day re-take their home. No one wants a battlefield right next to your home.
You guys should do a full video on El Salvador. The salvadoran President Bukele turned one of the most dangerous countries in the world into literally the safest country in the western hemisphere. 🇸🇻 ✊🏼
Almost as safe as some European nations. And with the threat of being held without representation indefinitely, the deterrent could make it go even further down. Here's hoping
I worked with a Haitian guy 20 years ago. He told me he would never return to Haiti even to visit. He said there’s nothing good there, nothing worth seeing.
I respect Preach so much for keeping it real and just admitting he doesn’t know and not spouting rumors. I hate when people are more interested in sounding smart than being honest and wise.
I feel bad for my parents knowing where they come from and the difference in how I’m raised. Sure I’ve lived in poverty before but it’s nothing to what they’ve been through
@@CoolPapaJMagik I never said anything about letting people come here 😂. That’s way different that realizing the struggles I go through in my community vs other countries
I served in the US Army as a combat medic, and my sergeants told me about when they were deployed in Haiti for humanitarian relief after Hurricane Georges (way before my time, I enlisted in 2007). My First Sergeant said, and I quote: "Haiti isn't a part of Latin America. Haiti is a piece of Africa smack in the middle of the Caribbean. Normal rules don't apply there." My First Sergeant had been combat deployed in the Gulf War, and he said he feared for his life worse in Haiti than he did in Iraq. I met soldiers who served in Haiti in later dates, like after Hurricane Dennis and the 2010 earthquake, and they had similar sentiments about how horrible the situation is down there. The staggering political corruption, the frightening amount of power the gangs have, the failed infrastructure, etc. Hell, Haiti has a huge environmental crisis, cause they cut so many of their trees that they have no protection against soil erosion, flooding and gale-force winds, which causes it to get wrecked every time a hurricane comes through, and temperatures are practically desert-like.
Thanks guys for making a video on this, I've always heard more and more developments of the situation, and in its most simplist form, it's bad. I hear and understand preach when he says "I wish other countries can go in there and fuck it up" I feel the same as someone that sees something similar happening to Ecuador currently and it is scary to see the complete oppression, destruction and even animalistic violence, maybe even worst then anything an animal could do.
When I was in Haiti in 2017 & 2018, we drove up Petionville where the wealthy people lived. They were building more mansions while not too far away were the bidonville/slums. It’s insane how the 1% hold so much power. Also the gangs were in their pockets
I am Haitian and people like Preach are why Haiti will never fix itself..he didnt wanna point out the culture blamea the church and America ? Yes America has did Haiti wrong France aswell but its the people living in the country number 1
@tyerannical3650 it's everything to do with the failure of their culture, not the church. The church is keeping millions fed and keeping clothing on their back. The Catholic church doesn't get involved with the internal politics of nations.
I commented on a previous video asking for your personal thoughts. I know it must be tough, but I want to say thank you for providing some context to what I cant possibly begin to understand. I hope you and yours are well.
My heart breaks for people of Haiti. I hope soon something will change for them. Everyone deserves peace... Yes I feel now the problem is always corrupted leadership. Sending all the best energy to Haitians. As Polish woman I am proud Poles played a little part in Haitian history. ❤
I’m glad Aba brought up the role of Haiti’s leadership in the current situation. It’s easy to blame everything on colonization, but history of far more complicated. In the 1960s Haiti and Dominican Republic were in the same economic situation, but the DR is in a much better situation now. The Duvalier era was devastating to the country and was the biggest contributor to the present situation. Throw in the dissolution of the army in the 90s and you have a massive breakdown in law and order with no enforcement mechanism. The ultra wealthy in Haiti are backing different gangs, so it’s an internal power struggle amongst the elite and the common citizens are caught in the crossfire. Kudos for mentioning Nayib Bukele. Without any exaggeration he basically saved El Salvador. The gangs terrorized decent people who just wanted to live in peace. El Salvador was practically the murder capital of the world at one time and now it’s one of the safest countries in the. Western hemisphere. Bukele is getting a lot of criticism from Western countries and NGOs because he took decisive action, yet these same groups didn’t care when Salvadoreans were getting murdered in the streets. Like Preach said, he can’t comment on Haiti from his position in Canada, a lot of Westerners need to shut up with the hand wringing for the only leader who took power and decided to help his people instead of enriching himself and his friends.
Haiti's history is most unfortunate and deliberate. The USA even wiped out their rice production. Actually wiped out a staple, almost like an act of war. It's more than the leadership in Haiti that's an issue.
DR was also a slave colony, except DR never revolted and got bolstered by their home country as well as getting better tourism. They never had to pay reparations, didn’t have to ruin their environment paying those reparations, and didn’t pay for the ecological fallout due to that. DR was never occupied by other countries and never had their resources stolen, never had their president deported and exiled by a foreign government like Haiti. And they didn’t get a massive Earthquake either. They are not the same at all and it is very disingenuous to display it as such.
@@YourKingJDGDR never revolted??? Dominicans kicked out Spain commanded by Jose Nuñez de Cáceres he fought them out! they were free for 3 months! Guess who enslaved them again? Haiti!! Look it up! It is called "Ephemeral Independence" and from that point they lived under the abuses of Haiti for 25 years! Dominicans got on arms again and kicked them out! Defeated and more than half of his army killed Dessaline ordered the destruction and killing of any village or Dominican their army found on their path! And Haiti kept attacking them for another 30 years! Dominicans always kick their asses! The Dominican Republic has fought for their freedom 3 times! One of them was against the US.. Both countries share the same interference from foreign countries! The difference is that after the Dominican Civil War, Dominican decided to stop fighting each other! The country has done nothing but grow and also made alliances strategic, economical and intelligence with the US, a country that once invaded them. Dominicans have never been friends of French and while there's no beef they keep their distance from both France and Spain... Remember Dominican Republic helped Cubans to fight Spain and gain their independence... General Máximo Gomez the hero of the Cuban independence was Dominican he trained Cubans how to fight guerrilla war and how to use the Machete as a weapon of war. So yeah, go read those books again because you have none of the history right..
The DR didn’t exactly have an easy history without any complications. It has faced similar issues to Haiti. The Spanish crown largely demoted their holdings on Hispaniola in terms of importance as they focused on the mainland territories. At the outbreak of the Haitian revolution DR’s population was 7 times less than Haiti’s and in 1795 Spain ceded all of their territory on Hispaniola to France. The people of DR revolted against the French, and fell back under the rule of the Spanish, and there were attempted revolts until they declared their independence in 1821. Two months later Haiti invaded the DR, expropriated land from the current owners, confiscated all church property and shut down the university. They forcibly drafted DR men into the Haitian army and heavily taxed the DR to pay for Haiti’s debt to the French. The DR had to fight back against Haiti’s military occupation until 1856. In the 1860s the DR had to fight off an attempt by the Spanish to retake back their former colony, which resulted in a lot of destruction in DR. The US also occupied the DR in the 1910s and only left in the 1920s. All of this doesn’t even account for the multiple stings of despotic rulers and the US occupation in 1965. The DR also routinely gets Hurricanes and was also hit with the biggest earthquake in the Caribbean in 1946 with an 8.1 earthquake followed by a tsunami. The DR has also historically had a rough time and dealt with war, upheaval and occupations. The Spanish basically had a policy of extracting all the wealth from their colonies, bringing it back to Spain and leaving very little in their wake. All of their former colonies suffered under their rule. Haiti is not in some isolated case whereby they were the only country to suffer. As Aba said, leadership has a lot to do with it and blaming only outside factors accomplishes nothing in resolving the real issues.
I'm Honduran and neighbors with El Salvador. My coworker has been back to ES TWICE since Nayid cleaned house. She said you walk around with such a sense of freedom it feels nice. Something she could never do before. I wish Honduras would do the same since we have the same issue.
I just hope Bukele doesn’t turn into a dictator, he’s unfortunately already done some suspicious things like removing the agency that investigates corruption in government. My family and everyone in ES loves him, this is both good and bad because it can blind you until it’s too late.
He vivido toda mi vida en El Salvador y les aseguro que en 31 años jamás he sentido ni por cerca la seguridad que hoy estamos viviendo. No siento miedo del gobierno ni un poco. Ahora puedo caminar por el centro de la ciudad de noche sin miedo algo que hace 5 años no me hubiera imaginado hacer.
@@tonybablony2041 I really understand your concerns but peace comes at a price and as for the firings all i hear is he is firing anyone he already found to be corrupt or holding back his ideals which yes sounds like a dictator but all i hear is good things about him.
@@tonybablony2041I don’t think most people would care that much even if he ruled for life IF he continues to do good for the country as he have done until now.
it's not about Vodoo. It's about the neighbors not trusting each other. When you can't trust that your neighbor: -- will not cause you harm -- will not steal from you -- will pay back their debt to you then the society can't function. A strong currency and economy is a side effect of the three above being in good standing.
The way they practice vodou 100% ties into trying to victimize the poorest people in Haiti. "Vodou doctors" are like gangsters as they overrun businesses demanding money. Yes, it boils over from overall poverty but Vododu ties in with the victimization of Haitians.
There's a country that's either in or next to South Africa called Botswana (if I'm butcher the name I'm sorry) Did they have the same issue? (Generally asking)
What they're experiencing is the manifestation of a society devoted to Ogun, the god of war. Look into what happened during their revolution and how they obtained independence. One day, that old god will be put away from them and their Master will be Jesus. It will happen, and Haiti's Spirit will be Holy.
I’m Honduran-American and my gf is Haitian and I agree with you guys all the way. We go back and forth on this topic. I absolutely believe that we need to shift from blaming the US, CIA, France, China, etc. and shift to holding our people accountable on the leaders they vote in and keep in power when they unequivocally fail. Security needs to be a top priority for the Caribbean and Latin America, do exactly what El Salvador is doing. But Haiti needs help and I can see why countries fear of getting involved because if it doesn’t solve the gang problem, they’ll be accused of imperialism. Look at Afghanistan once we left.
The Haitians even wanted to blame my country Brazil 😂😂☠️☠️🤡🤡🙄🙄 They do the same thing most failure places and people do and I can’t with those mentality! Caribbean countries are the most violnts from all, it is really shocking and we must follow El Salvador Steps but for this happens but for that we need to clean our politics and improve our culture and, remove the garbish, also promove promove Catholic religion for make health families again. Do you want to be a safer country like Canada and others in Europe but also be progressive ?🧐☠️🤯🤯🤓
Shift the blame from the CIA, to the people?? Even though it was a CIA backed coup that removed a democratic elected leader from power. This current turmoil is the result of the CIA's actions
Afghanistan and Haiti are false equivalences. Haiti is in its own category. The CIA, FBI, FRANCE etc are involved in the current situation no matter your personal accountability nonsense. Haitians have foreigners and sellouts backed by foreigners working on it's demise. And just like here in the United States a refusal to deal with both groups violently. And accept that in doing so will cost economically. Also you are Honduran as you said, not Haitian so why the broad "don't blame the Colonial Imperial powers blame the people controlled by them" solution? Also why isn't there an international confederation of these "African Diaspora " people able/willing/ready to go into a place and help their alleged people? African Union were are you? African Immigrants to the Americas were are you? CARICOM were are you?
@negloblaxon7616 seems like to me those interests have been paid or influenced to look the other way meanwhile a purpose is executed in Haiti. Maybe that comes as US or some other power steps in with military to dominate Haiti by force.
@negloblaxon7616 look how slow and purposefully dull our leaders in America treat the Gaza Israel situation. They just recently are reacting mainly due to public discontent.
It breaks my heart. I look at my mom and she is so heartbroken. She really wanted to go back home (to Haiti) because she was forced to leave the country under the dictatorship. Now, she is probably never gonna see her home country ever again. I never going to get to see my parents' country and get to see those places they talk about in their memories. I fear that there will be a civil war.
Whaaa?? People going to vacation everywhere still all the time. War, covid whatever. You people need to grow some hair and balls. Haiti ain’t even that bad. There’s real bad places. People you need to stop let the news influence and scare you so much, yes it’s dangerous but not UN-doable. I’m a surfer and been going to el sal, Nica, Indonesia, everywhere for decades. Before after during sars, covid , wars, crypto, etc. buy a pair of you can’t grow them folks, but you need to live your lives.
Right, religion can not show in any measurable, objective way that it makes the world better overall. Helps some people in ways, hurts others in different ways. Just a load of crap mostly.
Love from a Pole to Haiti brother people united by history and shared blood I hope Haiti finds prosperity and freedom like Poland has from a similar state of devastation not too long ago.
The reason Poland and other eastern European countries started to have a better future and slowly catch up to the West is because we never blamed others for our fails, the issue with a lot of black majority countries is that even now they still blame 'colonialism' and 'foreigner' intervention for their mistakes, corruption and bad choices, as long as people don't take accountability for their action things will stay the same
@asasdsaasda the difference is, that in the EU, to my knowledge, people weren't brought to a country that wasn't theirs. Most people in South America aren't suppose to be there but because of our history we don't have a real home, we aren't united to fight the power because we aren't aligned and probably never will be.
@@Altajp That doesnt matter. Where you are born is your home, people arent somehow genetically locked into a area and then cant fuction if they arent in that location
Hell yeah Aba, i really appreciate you bringing up the reality - of course outside influences matter and historical manipulation but as everywhere, there has to be a on the ground power struggle the aids them. I'm sympathetic to regions dealing with outside meddling but you can't avoid personal responsibility.
At this point, Haiti needs a benevolent dictator to turn things around, like the dictator of Rwanda. Or better yet, the President of El Salvador and his recent crackdown on gangs. They’re both pretty flawed systems but still miles better than this.
Have you been to el sal BEFORE and after crypto and super prison? Poverty still is rampant: barely changed. Poverty breeds crime. The crime on the daily is still there. It’s just not organized as much anymore. News is amazing, but I guess that’s what you get when people don’t fully truly know for themselves
@@hoopslaa5235 but rampant organized crime prohibits advancement. You sound slow for failing to realize the quality of living has sharply increased. And over the years things will get better (if the right steps are taken) b4 they get worse.
There was order and rule of law but no one cares about that if money speaks louder. Corruption happens when people choose dollar signs over rule and order
It's disgraceful that people steal from countries like Haïti. It's disgraceful when leaders sell the country out, and it's disgraceful that the sellers can find buyers. And unfortunatelu, plenty of countries have rough histories and tragic moments, and plenty of nations are crippled by overlapping natural disasters and internal crises. But... not every country that gets kicked down stays down. When a century has passed and things are still bad, it becomes a complicated mess of external interference, internal corruption, a culture that doesn't endorse competency, natural disasters... And then you have Singapore. A rough history isn't insurmountable, and you can blame other people for causing an issue (and fair enough), but it's the responsibility of the people to fix it. It shouldn't be, but it is. Like if a drunk dude drives into your house, it's 100% his fault, but if there's still a hole in the house 10 years later you'll have questions for the people who own the house.
@ktremblay6479 They were colonized, kicked down, impoverished, and exploited as much as any other place you can name, but they worked hard and they're now a world power. Don't get me wrong; it took them a century to do it, but history isn't destiny. Botswana has a similar attitude about their future and their own potential, and it's starting to show.
You can also use vietnam and the Philippines as an example vietnam turned great after all those wars with the US, China and French as well. Philippines is doing great as well post Spanish rule. So yes do not blame past mistakes to justify current mistakes
I get all of your points but you made the opposite argument by accident: the countries you gave as positive examples are a minority. Corruption is everywhere and it's incredibly hard to overcome, no matter how much "individuals" wish they had more power. Take the fact they're right next to America and the CIA and you can see how, without the allegiance of the West, decent and good people/movements are easy to keep down, sabotage and terrorize.
Agreed, but you need a very strict law and order, which may be deemed undemocratic by some.. El Salvador is a good example. Or else, it’s impossible to retake control.. After ww2, when communists took power of Yugoslavia, in the beginning people would get executed for stealing cigarettes lol.. That may seem wild, and maybe it was exaggerated, but after a high amount of chaos that lasted for a long time, it’s really hard to put order back if it’s not with drastic measures..
I have family in Aeroport right now behind those lines.. I worry about them every day. We can't even get them out or send any aid. Its nerve wrecking....
Preach, being Hatian himself has that same victim mentality that's holding Haiti back. Instead of taking accountability and fixing their own problems, they wanna play victim and the blame game and take things out on everyone else including their own people 🤷🏽♂️
@alphapred How is racism and slavery the issue with Haiti? Riddle me that. They have the resources like cobalt and oil but outside forces don't want it to be rich and prosper.
They did this to themsleves look at there neighbour's with very similiar resources (Dominican republic) when I went on vacation to the Dominican republic every guide told us how dangerous Haiti is and to avoid it at all costs alongside telling us there history of political corruption and lack of enforcing of any laws has made Haiti what it is today they ruined themselves
@holidayturnpike I'm aware. What I do mean is that the place of my roots worsened to the point of it not being recognizable. Sure the France Gunboating Haiti for 150 years was bad enough. But then the earthquakes, and now this. It just saddens me, you know. Not to throw shades at the other places.
@@zinhlekheswa5237 They didn't either. It was gangland after the child soldiers. My grandmother was 13 when she was conscripted to do the job of a corpsmen.
Haiti needs to stop blaming external things, get together, and stop the power-grabbing war! There are no patriots in Haiti. Nobody cares! As long as their stomachs are full, they keep their mouths shut! And is been like that since Papa Doc...
@@zippo5294 they arrested everyone who was suspected of gang activities, even without proper evidence also didn't allow them to get lawyers. I only seen my husband watching a RU-vid video on it so don't know much more but it seems to have worked for them because it was sooooo bad
If there are many black countries that thrive and have Christianity/religion as a huge influence, and many black countries that are doing poorly and have Christianity/religion as a huge influence too, then those two examples cancel each other out, making the issue non-religious but more about other factors. It is often a combination of many factors that contribute to such crises, but blaming it solely or mostly on religion is unfounded since it denies the nuances of the crisis itself.
To be fair, Preach did say near the end of the video that it's just his opinion from what he noticed and he can't really say for certain what is to blame. He even said that people should actually stop asking him to speak out and think that him doing that would help.
I've been pretty Wallowing in self sadness and anger every time I hear about what happening in my Home country Haïti and for the longest time Ignore the news
Aba, Preach - this episode hit home for me. As a Senegalese in the Diaspora myself, I often found myself talking about issues in Senegal very much from a place of privilege. Naturally, complaining about the country and its economic and political limitations, not stopping to realize that simply by not living in the country full time, I don't have the full story. You've inspired me to take a step back and take in more information than I put out! I have somewhat of a platform on Instagram and RU-vid that I, in the past (as in hours ago) liked to think I could speak boldly about our shortcomings, but you guys are completely right that we have to acknowledge our privilege no matter how much better we want for our home countries. Aba, you're 100% correct that the state of our countries today is the culmination of the legacy of colonization/foreign influence AND poor leadership. Senegal just swore its new president in today and we're all so hopeful for positive change because he has a very strong stance on cutting ties with France and acting like a sovereign country for one. We shall see! Thanks for the video. Very important and my heart goes out to the citizens of Haiti during these scary times!
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10:36 tbf to Haitians and Christianity the main difference from my perspective and partially from the historical record is that those Christian African countries were converted BEFORE Colonialization usually via the Catholic/Eastern Orthodox/Coptic and predominantly Ethiopean. Then afterwards the Roman Catholic Church further prosyletized and then centuries later Colonization happened. Whereas with Haiti the slaves there were forced into Christianity and the Christianity they were taught was, like in America, "filtered" and distorted to promote a slaves mindset to prevent uprisings. Which, ironically, ultimately didnt work as the Rebels who threw out the French actually used Christianity as justification to rise up.
Tbh, Haiti crumbling is nothing new to me, first time i heard of this country was after the earthquake, feels like things have been in shambles ever since.
Wait, you just literally contradicted yourself. If it’s nothing new to you then how did you just hear of it from earthquake?!? I’m a 17yr airline employee and travelling surfer. Haiti been having problems decades before the earthquake dood! How old are you!??
That was the first time I heard of Haiti too and I'm a soldier now my country is sending soldiers there for a contingent but I'm like why are we getting involved when we're having internal problems too and our soldiers are poorly equipped for what's ahead of them.
@@hoopslaa5235 early 20s and im not invested in the country’s history, but didnt like the red cross steal money from them too? Also, idk why you think i just learned about the earthquake, i didnt think i had to specify i heard about it as a kid.
talk about unhelpful. i hate that kind of rhetoric. So self satisfied and ignorant. Covering up these problems is so cruel, still don't understand why someone as smart as Conan O'Brian would pull that crap. Disappointing
As a Congolese native this hits home as we share a significant amount of Ancestry. When I see what Haiti is going through it's like looking at what a cousin, brother or sister is going through and not being able to prevent them from happening. Worst feeling ever 😒
I know I don't know you guys personally, but from your videos I have grown to really admire the pair of you, so I thought I'd say, Preach I really hope you and your family are doing okay. As someone who has many friends and family with heritage from other countries, I understand that it can be really upsetting whenever a country that you have a personal connection to goes through such tragedy, even if you are not living in the country at the time. The whole situation is tragic and hopefully one-day, Haiti will be significantly safer and more stable. There was a time when many places in Europe such as Germany, Spain, Italy, France and many more were very dangerous countries to visit or live in, and now they're considered fantastic tourist destinations, so I have hope for Haiti, even if it may take decades or longer.
Man I'm getting flashbacks to living in the provinces in the Philippines when Abu Sayyaf was living in the next mountain over. Always the rich few selling the rest of us out.
Can't ship aid there either. Our last 5 containers were seized and ransomed. We didn't pay, as we knew the goods were already gone. I just hope the food and medical supplies went to good use.
I'd love to chat with you guys about this. They say all Haitians in Haiti are into politics. It's a little bit true and can attribute to a lot of talk with no action. I'm no expert but what I do have is perspective and experience. I lived there for 18 years from the late 80's to early 2000's. My family didn't leave during the coup in 91 when most people who could leave left for a couple of years and my family didn't leave during the dark-times that would eventually lead to the excile President Jean-Bertran Artistide in 2004. Half of my family was middle class and wealthy in some cases by Haitian standards and the other half was lower-middle class at best or upper-poor class again by Haitian standards. There's this understanding that Haitian outsiders oversimplify our issues and politics and that they don't know what's going on. I've been on both sides of the fence. Now having lived outside of Haiti for 18.5 years, I understand the "outsider" frustration but I also still understand the disconeect local Haitians feel when outsiders talk about what they believe is going on. Anyways, I attended an American accredited school in Haiti from preschool to Highschool and this exposure made moving to the US less shocking but also helped give me a slight outside-looking-in perspective. Putting it out there, if you guys are ever up for a chat, I'd love to give you my opinions and perspective which would really just be context which you can use as a springboard to learn more on your own and connect some dots. I'm no politician. I'm no historian or economist but I really believe I couple paint a broader picture due primarily to the extreme economic diconomy of my family and upbringing. Lastely, there are many things that need to be addressed with Haiti. That's an understatement. However, there's 1 thing that needs to be addressed FIRST so that Haiti could even be a place where all other solutions to the numerous problems can have any longlasting impact. Any solution discussed without this 1 thing first is a bandaid and can verywell address some immediate problems i.e. gang activity, literacy, healthcare, tourism, access to electricity etc but Haiti won't be flourishing will be back to a similar space a few years. It's probably an unpopular opinion too lol.
I've been to many countries, poor countries, Haiti is hands down one of the worst places on earth for its population. Its disaster isn't similar to anyone else's as there has never been a true operating or functional government. One coup after another and after another. It is a total disaster and that is before recent events.
Ecuador has a security crisis... Haiti has an environmental, political, economic, and all the above... NO, Ecuador is in a much better position than Haiti.
I totally agree with Aba’s take on this. A lot of time we tend to blame it on things that are secondary and not the primary issue eg foreign affairs like sanctions and not poor leadership in the country at question. I will also say this, a lot of times it’s African countries or third world countries that suffer from this cause most of the leaders that get into power(not all) are after making their pockets fat and putting their families “on”. It’s sad cause even though corruption exist in almost every country, the reason it’s so evident in these third world countries is because, In most first world countries, the leaders still at least 10-20% and use almost the rest of the percentage to develop the country, while in third world countries it’s the opposite if not 90-95% that they take up for themselves
Here's the thing with Haiti its " its everyones fault except our own" major lack of accountability they blame the US, Colonization, other carribbean nations like The bahamas, Jamaica, etc, blame Caricom. They want aid yet at the same time have rejected aid from caribbean nations, the leaders arrogance and ego, and greed of not helping in anyway helping the people have all lended its hand. I disagree with preach on what he's talking about mostly he his correct on some things but he came off as its all these externalities instead of the problem of it being HAITI itself being so inept at governing. On the same damn island its a night and day difference between Haiti and the Dominican republic... complete 180 in prosperity and infrastructure which mind you also has a similar history being colonized by Spain so i dont buy the nonsense being spewed by people about "Oh its all colonization" , it excuses their own internal issues and attaches it to something else .. other carribbean nations were colonized some didnt have valuable resources and yet they are prosperous as ever. There are plenty of externalities that affected haiti, sure but I hate the blame shifting onto literally everyone else. Other haitians I've spoken to share this rhetoric so its genuinely a lack of accountability that really destroyed haiti
If we acknowledge that as individuals we have the most power over our own life. There will always be outside influences but ultimately we must take accountability.
No I have to disagree. The rhetoric nearly absolves the brunt of the blame these countries should be responsible for. Colonialism will always leave a trail of terrible environments that will lead to corrupt government Infastructure and yes it really is about the current people at the top Destroying Haiti right now. But , Haiti has had the worst rebuild history compared to other countries DUE to France and these other countries interfering with haitian politics throughout the 1900's. Our own politicans people have definitely sold out Haiti to hold power for themselves, but these foreign countries can't be ignored either for creating those conditions and environments to begin with.
@@bigman52100 the issue is if it is colonialism... That means the government of Haiti either step back and let it happen or they sold out You can't just ignore that fact
@@bigman52100 was there foreign influence that contributed to its state? Yes but you are underestimating the difference good leadership can make as cited in the video by Aba El Salvador had a similar situation if not worse yet with good leadership the country was able to be steered a good direction. That is haiti's issue no leader has taken the reigns to benefit the people in a significant way, the elites, politician are just stealing from the people. Again its a lack of leadership it comes at a point in where haiti as a country is wallowing in its self pity instead of any actual credible leader making any sort of change. You're telling me in 2024 the leaders are multimillionaires yet cant provide clean drinking water to their own people. Even with African nations they blamed colonization for so long that it comes to point where now in recent years. LED by their own people with their own natural resources as "WTF are these people doing" the country has been in the same state for who knows how many years it comes into question the people in power who are making these decisions
Not sure if people have mentioned but most of the violence keeps happening in the capital. There are communities north that have been able have some stability.
That was a great analogy. When I’m walking in the bush in northern Ontario and everything goes silent I know to get the gun out and be ready for a bear or a pack of wolves on the hunt
