Few places on Earth are as miserable(悲惨的) as Haiti. The last elected president was tortured and shot dead in his home in 2021.(最后一位民选总统于2021年在家中遭酷刑后枪杀。) Since then, gangs brandishing(挥舞着) military-grade weapons have wrought havoc(造成严重破坏).
地球上很少有地方像海地这样悲惨。最后一位民选总统于2021年在家中遭酷刑后枪杀。自那以后，挥舞军用级武器的帮派肆虐横行。
They have taken over(接管、占领) large swathes(大片区域) of territory in and around the capital, setting up roadblocks, terrorising residents and extorting(敲诈勒索) “taxes” from them. At least 16,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed, and over 1.5m displaced(流离失所的). Life expectancy is the shortest in the Americas. Ill-funded UN-backed forces sent to quell(平息、镇压) the violence have struggled. A UN “Gang Suppression Force” was approved in September last year, but only about 2,000 of the 5,500 soldiers it was promised have arrived, and they rarely venture out from their base.(联合国“帮派镇压部队”去年9月获批，但承诺的5500名士兵中仅约2000人抵达，且他们很少走出基地。)
他们占领了首都及周边大片区域，设置路障，恐吓居民，并向他们勒索“税款”。至少1.6万人被杀，其中大多数是平民，超过150万人流离失所。海地的人均预期寿命是美洲最短的。资金不足的联合国支持部队被派去平息暴力，却举步维艰。去年9月，联合国批准成立“帮派镇压部队”，但承诺的5500名士兵中只有约2000人抵达，而且他们很少走出基地。
Things are so bad that it is tempting to welcome almost any determined outsider who wants to impose order.(情况如此糟糕，以至于人们很容易欢迎任何想要恢复秩序的坚定外来者。) Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, has just sent over 2,000 Salvadoran soldiers to Haiti. His contingent(特遣队) outnumbers the UN’s forces. Mr Bukele is a brutal strongman(铁腕强人) but widely admired in the Americas for his crime-busting(打击犯罪). Other countries have pledged(承诺) logistical support for his intervention, including Colombia and the Dominican Republic, which shares an island with Haiti. President Donald Trump, who wants to see the region’s gangs smashed, appears to have given Mr Bukele the nod(点头同意).
情况如此糟糕，以至于人们很容易欢迎任何想要恢复秩序的坚定外来者。萨尔瓦多总统纳伊布·布克尔刚刚向海地派遣了2000多名士兵。他的特遣队人数超过了联合国部队。布克尔先生是个残暴的强人，但因其打击犯罪而在美洲广受赞誉。其他国家已承诺为其干预行动提供后勤支持，包括哥伦比亚和海地共享一个岛屿的多米尼加共和国。希望看到该地区帮派被粉碎的唐纳德·特朗普总统似乎已对布克尔先生点头同意。
Salvador complex
萨尔瓦多情结