Haiti’s Vanishing State: How Martissant (2021-2025) Became a No-Go Zone
Haiti’s Vanishing State: How Martissant Became a No-Go Zone On June 6, 2021, Claude Joseph, then Haiti’s de facto Prime Minister, confidently announced that the national police had « restored traffic » on the vital Martissant-Fontamara road in Port-au-Prince. He proudly claimed that this had been achieved “without firing a single shot.” The statement came during a
