Towards a Return to Chapter VII

For the first time, the American Chargé d’Affaires, Henry Wooster, clearly referred to Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter for the mandate of the Gang Suppression Force, which is part of the draft resolution currently under discussion at the Security Council of the world’s supreme international body.

The American official addressed Haitians through a new communication format: a closed-circuit interview distributed on social media. The message of the day was clear, short, and direct (see the front-page artic