On August 14, 2021, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti, killing over 2,000 people. Between the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse a month prior and Tropical Strom Grace two days after, the earthquake contributed to a reading of Haiti as the impoverished island that simply cannot catch a break. For a few weeks after the earthquake, a wave of pity for Haiti cycled through foreign news media outlets. Yet international officials—namely, the US administration who had backed Jovenel Moïse despite his alleged human rights’ abuses—largely ignored people’s protests against rising fuel prices and the widespread kidnappings and even killings of Haitians citizens during and in the wake of Moïse’s presidential tenure.