CARICOM FAILS HAITI – AGAIN!

KENYA, a country 7,600 miles away from Haiti, is rallying a multinational force to confront the violence in the Caricom nation.

Regional leaders, who talked big just the other day about intervening to save the embattled country, are silent as the crisis intensifies.

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley took part in Emancipation Day activities but ignored the emergency in Haiti, the first European colony to stamp our slavery and racial injustice.

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister said 1,000 troops would be deployed to Port-au-Prince, and other countries would be urged to join the mission.

The African country has decided to provide leadership as a humanitarian crisis deepens as a result of brutal gang warfare, hunger, disease, and homelessness.

Haiti has been a Caricom member for the past 25 years.

International news agencies say the disaster has more than doubled in recent months.

Caricom leaders peddled typical rhetoric during the recent 50^th-anniversary conference in Port of Spain, promising effective action.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the situation in Haiti is “appalling” and the humanitarian emergency is “soaring.”

Guterres called for “a robust international security force” to secure lasting peace and strengthen institutions.

The United States has declined to intervene during this current crisis, and Caricom has once again proven to be all talk and no action.

From another part of the world, Kenya is taking action, while Caribbean leaders again fail Haiti – even during the historic emancipation period.