UN warns Haiti is Getting Closer to the “Precipice”

The gangs have further strengthened their control of the Haitian capital, where a “total collapse” of state presence could become a “very real scenario,” the UN warned on Wednesday, describing a country increasingly “on the edge of the abyss.”

In recent months, “we have continued to see a clear erosion of state authority and the rule of law. The brutal gang violence affects all aspects of public and private life,” commented Miroslav Jenca, UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Americas, speaking before the Security Council.

The poorest country in the Americas, Haiti has long suffered from the violence of criminal gangs, who commit murders, rapes, looting, and kidnappings amid a backdrop of political instability.

“Without increased action from

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