CEPR: Haiti News Round-up: Calls for Foreign Intervention Continue

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Following up on the previous round-up’s lead story, no official agreement was reached between stakeholders at the Kingston meeting earlier this month. Competing visions for Haiti’s future were put forward by the de facto government and its allies in the December 21 accord on the one hand, and by leaders from civil society and the political opposition on the other. The December 21 accord, a governing agreement that no major political party signed, has been criticized for further empowering de facto prime minister Ariel Henry (see here for more).

...many of the other stakeholders present focused on implementation of a governance structure with power shared between a presidential body and prime minister, following the spirit of the 1987 Haitian constitution.

In early June, Henry wrote another letter to the secretary-general of the United Nations reiterating his request for “robust support” for the Haitian National Police (PNH) in the form of “a specialized international force”

Brazil, which led the last UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, has thus far rejected overtures from the US and others asking them to lead a new mission. Contradicting Henry’s comments, Folha de Sao Paulo reported that “the consensus is that a new [UN mission] is completely out of the question” and that Lula only intended to listen to Henry during their meeting in Paris.

Nevertheless, after meeting with Henry, Lula criticized rich countries for their “indifference” toward the situation in Haiti. The Brazilian president pledged to raise the issue of Haiti at the G20 and with the BRICs nations.

“The hierarchy of the PNH is in collusion with bandits; they protect them, that’s why the situation is degenerating. Whatever means we would give to the current hierarchy of the PNH, the results would be the same,” Esperance said, throwing cold water on international efforts to fight insecurity through increased financial support to the police.

[–]MeganDelacroix🤡🌎 detainee 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What an unholy mess... y'know, maybe they should call Nayib Bukele. <searching for El Salvador-Haiti relations to see if they hate each other for some reason or...> LOL

Well there you go, that would be a first step. I couldn't immediately find info on more recent developments, but it looks like Honduras is going for it.

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Don't know much about what El Salvador is doing but I do like the idea of these countries working together to help each other instead of relying on Western countries that don't understand them and usually have their own agendas.

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I remember Marco Rubio did a video on the unbelievable turnaround, I'll see if I can find it... oh hey, Bukele put it up on his own facebook page.

Here's an article Rubio wrote too.

edit: Here are a few things I had saved from Bukele's Twitter feed, which might have something to do with why this administration doesn't like him ;)

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Great links, thanks for providing those. Those tweets!! Nothing but the truth but I can see where it would get some people's undies in a twist. Especially the one about how an incumbent administration arresting his/her leading opponent would be perceived if it was done anywhere but the US - BINGO.