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Individuals, Institutions, and Haiti’s Search for a Credible Center

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  Individuals, Institutions, and Haiti’s Search for a Credible Center By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson* (Le Français suit)   New York — In the noise-saturated arena of Haitian political advocacy—diaspora radio waves, digital pulpits, WhatsApp forums, improvised think tanks—two familiar figures continue to shape conversations far beyond the island’s shoreline: Rod Joseph, the ex-paratrooper turned U.S. congressional aspirant, and Dr. Jean Fils-Aimé, the theologian–public intellectual whose critiques of Haitian spiritual and social decay have built a transnational following. Their voices are assertive, mobilizing, unapologetically personal. They are, in many ways, archetypes of the Haitian and diasporic impulse toward heroic agency. But they now stand in increasingly sharp contrast with another approach emerging from within Haiti’s civic fabric: the  “Congrès Patriotique de Sauvetage National / Kongrè Patriyotik pou Sovtaj Nasyonal” —a coalition-driven, multi-regional, p...

L’ Incapacité du Monde à Apprendre de ses Échecs en Haïti

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  The Incapacity of the World to Learn from Its Failures in Haiti. Par Patrick Prézeau Stephenson   United Nations, New York — September 30, 2025. In a scene all too familiar to seasoned observers of Haiti’s recent history, the United Nations Security Council today voted to authorize yet another international intervention in the beleaguered Caribbean nation. This time, the measure establishes the “Gang Suppression Force” (GSF)—a multinational mission of 5,500 police, military, and civilian personnel, replacing the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) whose mandate expires in mere days. The GSF, with a renewable 12-month mandate and voluntary funding, will have sweeping powers: conducting targeted operations against gangs, securing essential infrastructure, and attempting to restore the authority of a Haitian state that, in many areas, is now little more than a memory. The vote—hailed by diplomats from Washington to Panama City—was unanimous. The wor...