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EXPLAINER: Haiti’s troubled history of foreign interventions

FILE - Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise are tossed on the floor after being detained, at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 top-ranking officials have requested on the second week of Oct. 2022, the immediate deployment of foreign armed troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country. ( AP Photo/Jean Marc Hervé Abélard, File) A woman cries near the body of another woman shot dead by the police during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph). A man walks past burning tires set up by protesters during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) FILE - Jean-Claude Duvalier, son of Haitian dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, is flanked by military guards as he reviews the troops at the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 14, 1971. Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 top-ranking officials have requested on the second week of Oct. 2022, the immediate deployment of foreign armed troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide listens to a journalist's question during a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Jan 30, 2004. Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 top-ranking officials have requested on the second week of Oct. 2022, the immediate deployment of foreign armed troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country. (Ap Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) FILE - Rebel leader Lois Jodel Chamblain celebrates after news of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's departure from Haiti reached northern Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday Feb. 29, 2004. Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 top-ranking officials have requested on the second week of Oct. 2022, the immediate deployment of foreign armed troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli, File) FILE - A U.N. Brazilian peacekeeper stands guard as children wait outside a school in Cite-Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 top-ranking officials have requested on the second week of Oct. 2022, the immediate deployment of foreign armed troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) FILE - President Franklin D. Roosevelt lifts his hat in acknowledgement of the cheers of the people of Cape Haitien, Haiti, who gathered to greet him on his arrival for an exchange of visits with President Sternio Vincent of Haiti, July 8, 1934. Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 top-ranking officials have requested on the second week of Oct. 2022, the immediate deployment of foreign armed troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Haitian soldiers stand guard outside the military headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 18, 1994. Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 top-ranking officials have requested on the second week of Oct. 2022, the immediate deployment of foreign armed troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country. (AP Photo/John McConnico, File) FILE - Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his private residence in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Henry and 18 top-ranking officials have requested on the second week of Oct. 2022, the immediate deployment of foreign armed troops as gangs and protesters paralyze the country. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File) A demonstrator prays on his knees during a protest to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Demonstrators fill the streets during a protest to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
EXPLAINER: Haiti’s troubled history of foreign interventions