The REAL Reason Bukele Sent 2,500 Troops to Haiti

By Kim Iversen Show, Nov. 6, 2026

Kim Ives is the English language journalist at Haiti Liberte and commentator who has spent over 40 years traveling to and from haiti and understands the country better than anyone the problems and suffering of the haitian people. Back in 1983 he directed Bitter Cane which can be viewed on The Criterion Channel, which took a look at Haiti's agrarian political economy, as well as a number of other documentaries including the more recent Another Vision, and Hait: Intervention versus Revolution, which he made alongside Dan Cohen. Today he joins the show to discuss El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele launching what appears to be a military invasion. Bukele says he is fighting the gangs and brings freedom, Kim Ives tells a different story.

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Posted Nov. 7, 2026