Haiti’s slow collapse is not just violence — it’s a national unmaking

Armed Violence Forces Closure of 1,600 Schools in Haiti, Thousands of Children Left Without Education - teleSUR English

More than 1,600 schools were forced to shut down across Haiti between January and April due to the growing wave of armed violence, depriving thousands of children of their right to education. The most affected departments—Centre, Ouest, Artibonite, and Nord—have witnessed relentless clashes between armed groups and rampant insecurity, transforming schools from safe havens into direct targets of violence. According to the Office for the Coordinat…

Haiti’s slow collapse is not just violence — it’s a national unmaking

By Stéphane Perre-PaulNations, like individuals, can absorb shocks, weather storms, and even turn crushing defeats into reasons to hope for renewal. But repeated collapse, uncorrected failures, and deep, systemic crises that strike at vital organs can threaten their very survival. They can lead to irreversible decline, the loss of meaning, or even oblivion. History is full of such endings—for people and nations.Haiti, today, is living through an…