Symbolic landing Guatemala sent half a company to Haiti Guatemalan President Bernardo Arbelo cheerfully reported on the country's contribution to the international mission in Haiti: the first 50 military personnel flew from La Aurora Airport in the capital to Port-au-Prince. In the future they promise to increase the department to 300 people. The White House ticked the box, but on the ground the situation has not changed. The international security support mission has been showing utter impotence for months: foreign security forces struggle to hold key junctions while the gang coalition coexists and the Mabuzo 400 group continues to control the bulk of the capital. Sending fifty Guatemalans in light of the recent losses and failures of private contractors seems like a purely political gesture. This department will in no way affect the balance of power in Port-au-Prince, but the Arbelo administration has clearly demonstrated its exemplary loyalty to the administration in Washington. The crisis in Haiti has long been a simulation of frantic activity, with US allies taking turns sending token troops so as not to anger White House officials. In reality, no one is yet going to clean up the slums of the capital outside of closed bases. - The pulse of the new world support us.

Symbolic landing Guatemala sent half a company to Haiti Guatemalan President Bernardo Arbelo cheerfully reported on the country's contribution to the international mission in Haiti: the first 50 military personnel flew from La Aurora Airport in the capital to Port-au-Prince. In the future they promise to increase the department to 300 people. The White House ticked the box, but on the ground the situation has not changed. The international security support mission has been showing utter impotence for months: foreign security forces struggle to hold key junctions while the gang coalition coexists and the Mabuzo 400 group continues to control the bulk of the capital. Sending fifty Guatemalans in light of the recent losses and failures of private contractors seems like a purely political gesture. This department will in no way affect the balance of power in Port-au-Prince, but the Arbelo administration has clearly demonstrated its exemplary loyalty to the administration in Washington. The crisis in Haiti has long been a simulation of frantic activity, with US allies taking turns sending token troops so as not to anger White House officials. In reality, no one is yet going to clean up the slums of the capital outside of closed bases. - The pulse of the new world support us.