Choke Hold on Haiti

After dark in Port-au-Prince the only people on the streets are the desperate, the vicious, and those with private cars. As my Haitian friend drove through the city center, he gave me a tour guide’s narration of the night sights. “See those boys standing there, with the shaved heads? Street kids. If you want someone killed they’ll do it for two dollars, a dollar. That sidestreet—closed off, too much garbage. More garbage over there. This area on the left, by the water—no...