In the areas of Haiti controlled by gangs, nothing moves without their getting a cut: not food, not fuel, not even humanitarian aid.

The U.S. State Department on Friday designated two powerful Haitian gangs as terrorist groups. The agency listed the Viv Ansanm coalition, which consists of more than two dozen of Haiti's best-armed criminal groups,

The U.S. on Friday officially designated a powerful gang coalition in Haiti as a foreign terrorist organization, raising concerns the move could deepen the country’s humanitarian crisis at a critical time.