Hope dims for new Haiti leader as gangs run wild
Hope is dimming two months into Haitian President Rene Preval’s term that new blood can revive the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation as gang violence retakes the hard-pressed island in its violent grip. More than 20 people have been confirmed killed over the past week and some 2,000 UN peacekeepers forced to rush back into the island’s ravaged capital to try to retake control. Full Story