On Tuesday, November 10, the president of El Salvador posted a video to social media showing attack helicopters circling a large house in Haiti and firing on it, over and over, while people ran from the property. Nayib Bukele said his troops had destroyed the home of one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders, along with the gang’s headquarters. Haiti’s prime minister thanked him for it. And just like that, a question that has followed Haiti for more than a century was back on the table: is this the turning point Haitians have been waiting for, or is it a new form of foreign intervention wearing a different uniform?
