Port-au-Prince – once the center of the political and intellectual life of Haiti – has been embroiled in gang-related violence for years. DW's mahtabgh reports on what caused the city's descent into violence and lawlessness:
Devastated by violence, lack of food, and fuel, Haitians have marched the streets several times in the past months.
In July, a string of arms-trafficking scandals in Haiti, including the discovery of weapons in a shipping container labeled as church donations, prompted the UN Security Council to push for international cooperation to stop the flow guns from the United States into Haiti. Haiti dismantled its army in 1995 following a coup in 1991, after decades of military interference in politics and mutiny.
Haiti's local production has almost stopped for a few years now, with the country importing most of its needs from outside.