Haiti Gang Collapse

Viv Ansanm gangs hold an estimated 85% of the capital, blockading the port, airport corridors, and highways while a transitional council flails without an elected government. The UN-backed, Kenya-led Multinational Security Support mission remains under-manned and under-funded, and Washington is pushing to convert it into a larger 'gang suppression force.' Haiti's status as one of the few remaining diplomatic allies of Taiwan keeps Beijing engaged diplomatically—blocking or shaping UN action and dangling recognition-for-investment leverage.

WHAT CHANGED · LAST 72H

• —Viv Ansanm gang coalition controls the bulk of Port-au-Prince and chokes the main seaport and road access.
• —Kenya-led MSS mission remains far below authorized strength; US presses UN for a robust successor force.
• —Transitional Presidential Council paralyzed; no elections held, over a million internally displaced.