Lowering the Boom
How a sanctioned senator made himself a multimillionaire in five years, where he got his money, and how he reacted to the news of retribution by Canada and the United States
U.S., Canada Sanction Ruling-Level Suspected Criminals
They pull the visas and freeze the assets of two top senators long suspected of assassinations and drug-running. The Haiti Democracy Project has had its run-ins with both
Gangs Reflect Intra-Elite Struggle
By Haiti Democracy Project for the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor, May 22, 2022. Gangs are the shadow-play of Haiti’s latest power struggle at the top. They won’t be wished away by a chaste “Haitian-led solution.” Only a full peacekeeping mission can get rid of them
President Moïse Didn’t Dissolve Parliament
A group of senators effectively did, by blocking the law needed for new elections. –Haitian ambassador Bocchit Edmond writing to the Washington Post
Get Out, All of You!
By Bernard H. Gousse. One of Haiti’s more capable government officials with a strong word of advice for the less so
Riding the Tiger
Latin America Advisor. Having earlier chided violent presidential aspirants and the wavering international commitment, we turn now to the man in the saddle, Jovenel Moïse.