{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/63f64a511561a70011a13fd0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Haiti: A failed state? ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1659027691161-ec0984c30a499cf38724279c0daaeb82.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Kidnap, rape, riots and murder have become a part of everyday life in Haiti. Still reeling from successive natural disasters, a cholera epidemic and starvation, the people of the Caribbean nation are witnessing civil society collapse as dangerous gangs fight for dominance.</p><p>The assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021 opened up a political vacuum and today sixty per cent of the capital Port Au Prince is under gang control. Is there any hope for Haiti or is it already a failed state?</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.</em></p><p><strong>Guests</strong></p><ul><li>Mario Delatour, Documentary filmmaker.</li><li>Stephen Gibbs, Latin America Correspondent, The Times.</li></ul><p><strong>Host:</strong> Manveen Rana.</p><p><strong>Producer: </strong>Olivia Case.</p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>BBC, PBS,&nbsp;CBS, NBC, France 24, ABC, Voice of America.</p>","author_name":"The Times"}