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Diego Da Rin

Diego Da Rin

Sep 14, 2026

10:05
So like, what are they campaigning for?
10:08
Well, there was a new electoral calendar that was issued a couple of months ago, and the first round of elections is scheduled for December.
10:18
So we are three months away from elections that could happen.
10:24
What are your expectations that these elections might actually happen? There are two main challenges for elections to happen in December.
10:32
The first one is that the gangs are in control in the capital and the two other more densely populated departments in the country.
10:40
So even if the exact estimation of how much territory they control in the capital is a subject of debate, they control between 80 and 90 percent of the capital.
10:52
The capital hosts around a third of Haiti's total population, which is around 12 million Haitians.
14:27
Can you describe that event and explain how it connects to the broader trajectory of gang activities in the country?

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