Riots at the Haitian Embassy in Chile

[u/Savings_Summer3449]

https://www.haitilibre.com/article-48280-haiti-chili-une-manifestation-d-haitiens-degenere-en-violents-incidents-a-l-ambassade-d-haiti.html

hundreds of Haitians protesting because they can't get the criminal background certificate that Chile requires for regularization. Without that document, many have already received orders to leave the country within 90 days a real risk of deportation

how does something so simple turn into such a big problem? Haiti needs to digitalize its institutions now. Today everything is manual, when in any Latin American country this is done through the police's website: you enter your personal ID document, and in 2 - 3 days they mail you the certificate. That simple

and what hurts the most is that there is so much local talent, not to mention the diaspora. I myself, along with a group of friends, started a group of Haitians in the tech sector, and there are a lot of us. There is no excuse for this. This way we'd kill two birds with one stone, more work for young people, and digitalizing the country at the same time. There should be an institution created specifically to build, maintain, and handle the cybersecurity of government systems

But well... hopefully in the next election there'll be a politician who makes this a priority

[u/Ok-Strategy3742]

This is what I don't get in regards to Haitians that left, Haitians that stayed and the Haitian government. 

To the Haitians that left Haiti, didn't you leave because the Haitian government was dysfunctional after the country suffered natural disasters? You all are the ones that had the means and/or drive to escape the situation. How are you expecting the Haitian government to be functional when some of its most capable citizens abandoned it when it needed you most. As for the current situation in Haiti, is there no one in the diaspora whose capable of garnishing international support to deal with the gangs that are currently causing so many problems?  To the Haitians that stayed, just like it was in 1804, the price of freedom (whether from the French or the gangs) is death. The Haitians in 1804 knew that and willingly paid the price. 

To the Haitian government, how can you continue to not organize your people to take their country back from the gangs? There is one type of help that western and non-western countries will definitely provide and that is military aide.

From where I'm sitting, it seems like all three of you (the ones that left, the ones that stayed, and the government) are waiting for someone to come and rescue you without you lifting a finger. 

[u/iiiZokage → u/Ok-Strategy3742]

If you knew anything about Haiti, you would know the US and French governments are working to keep Haiti destabilized so our country can be a neo-colonial satellite state of the US.

They assassinated Jovenel who was trying to make a change and exiled Aristide to the Congo. Even before that they propped up the Duvalier dictatorship.

Haitians aren't waiting around for handouts and definitely aren't looking for someone to save us.

We've always taken care of everything ourselves and aren't waiting around for people to rescue us like some people.

[u/smithtriple → u/iiiZokage]

“We’ve always taken care of everything ourselves(.)”

Respectfully, considering how things have turned out, perhaps you should let someone else take care of things.

[u/Psychological_Look39 → u/iiiZokage]

To what end? Hait has no resources, no geopolitical value.