Private Military Company

Erik Prince Plans Decade-Long Haiti Presence: Gangs, Taxes, and Controversy

Erik Prince’s plan to deploy forces in Haiti for a decade to combat gangs and collect taxes, well, it certainly raises a lot of eyebrows, doesn’t it? The concept itself, a private military company effectively running security and revenue collection in a sovereign nation, is something out of a dystopian novel. Yet, here we are, with Erik Prince, a known associate of Donald Trump, seemingly poised to do just that. The scale of this undertaking is substantial.

Considering his history with Blackwater, the private military company infamous for its involvement in Iraq, it’s hard not to view this development with a degree of skepticism.… Continue reading