Haiti’s Jimmy “Barbecue“ Chérizier: Gang leader or revolutionary? | The Chris Hedges Report

Jimmy “Barbecue“ Chérizier has been placed in the international spotlight as an emblem of Haiti’s purported “gang problem.“ But who is Chérizier really? A new documentary series, Another Vision: Inside Haiti’s Uprising, offers a different view of Chérizier—not as the leader of a criminal enterprise, but as a political figure leading an armed revolutionary movement. Directors Dan Cohen and Kim Ives join The Chris Hedges Report to discuss their new project. Read more about the social movements in Haiti opposing its local oligarchy here: You can watch the first episode of Another Vision: Inside Haiti’s Uprising here: Dan Cohen is a journalist and co-producer of the documentary Killing Gaza. He is currently the Washington DC correspondent for Behind The Headlines and MintPress News. Kim Ives is an inve