All these deaths are piling up, amidst the icy indifference of those in power.

The worst part is that Haiti is not at war. Tragically, it is Haitians who are killing Haitians.

And as if to complete this descent into hell, evil is now trivialized. Hannah Arendt called it: the banality of evil. Here we are.

For thirty years, we've been burying our heads in the sand. We've chosen to turn a blind eye. A willful blindness fueled by a wait-and-see attitude, inaction, and absolute cynicism. For thirty years, the political sector has collaborated with bandits to maintain power and enrich itself. For thirty years, a part of the economic sector has colluded with these same bandits to protect its privileges. All this to preserve the cake—or better, the sweet syrup—for itself.

Under the complacent gaze of so-called "friendly" countries and international organizations, hypocritically brandishing the Charter of Human Rights, life is being destroyed. The people are no longer people. Life, quite simply, no longer has any meaning.

So, the question arises, insistent:

When will the Haitians themselves rise up?

When will awareness come?

When will we reject this loss of our humanity, of our very humanity?

When, when again?

Auguste D'Meza