{"id":38448,"date":"2024-03-30T07:32:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T07:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=38448"},"modified":"2024-03-30T07:32:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T07:32:08","slug":"gang-leader-jimmy-barbecue-cherizier-demands-peace-talks-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=38448","title":{"rendered":"Gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Ch\u00e9rizier demands peace talks role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BBC News: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders says he would consider laying down weapons if armed groups were allowed to take part in talks to establish a new government.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groups led by Jimmy Ch\u00e9rizier, also known as Barbecue, are in control of most of the capital Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He predicted the violence which has gripped Haiti in recent weeks could escalate in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he told Sky News<\/a>: “We are ready for solutions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haiti, an impoverished Caribbean nation home to more than 11 million people, has been without a prime minister since 12 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ariel Henry resigned after being blocked by armed gangs from returning from Kenya<\/a>, where he had signed a deal to import a military peacekeeping force in a bid to restore law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gangs have capitalised on the power vacuum and expanded their control over swathes of the country, which has effectively been rendered lawless in places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBC News: One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders says he would consider laying down weapons if armed groups were allowed to take part in talks to establish a new government. Groups led by Jimmy Ch\u00e9rizier, also known as Barbecue, are in control of most of the capital Port-au-Prince. He predicted the violence which has gripped Haiti in recent weeks could escalate in the coming days. However, he told Sky News: “We are ready for solutions.” Haiti, an impoverished Caribbean nation home to more than 11 million people, has been without a prime minister since 12 March. Ariel Henry resigned… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38450,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38448\/revisions\/38450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}