Based on more than 300 interviews conducted between February 2022 and November 2025, a new International Crisis Group report says Haiti’s Viv Ansanm gangs use populist rhetoric—portraying themselves as a “savior” to a population they continue to terrorize—to seek political influence and amnesty for their atrocious crimes.

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