Gang leader, freedom fighter, both, or neither? A qualitative content analysis of Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier's anti-elite rhetoric in 2023 and 2024 amidst political turmoil in Haiti
This paper analyzes the use of populist rhetoric by armed groups as a means to portray themselves as a political actor, focusing on Viv Ansanm-spokesperson Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier’s anti-elite discourse in 2023 and 2024 through a qualitative content analysis. This is achieved through building on existing literature discussing limits of Haitian statehood as well as the historical role of non-sta
