The UN secretary-general sparked controversy on Monday when he called for an international “armed action” in Haiti to reopen a port closed by armed gangs. The US and Canada sent armored vehicles and other supplies to Haiti’s national police this weekend. Widlore Mérancourt, the editor of the Haitian news outlet Ayibopost, is in Port-au-Prince. He tells the World’s Marco Werman because Haitians don’t trust their government, they are skeptical of armed intervention.
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