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  Haiti’s Roadmap: A Declaration of Intent, Not a Guarantee By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson (Le Francais suit) — September 10, 2025 On September 9, 2025, the Organization of American States (OAS) and a coalition of its member states issued a joint declaration urging coordinated United Nations action in support of Haiti’s so-called “OAS Roadmap.” The statement reads like a manifesto of hemispheric solidarity: a chorus of nations from Antigua and Barbuda to the United States promising to support Haiti in its “moment critical” [1][2]. Yet, beneath the diplomatic flourishes lies a stark reality: Haiti has been here before. Rhetoric and resolutions have historically outpaced operational capacity and political will, and there is little evidence that this latest declaration will break that pattern. The Roadmap, presented to the OAS Permanent Council on August 20, 2025, frames itself as “Haitian-led,” promising security, institutional reform, and democratic renewal [2]. But the ...

  Opinion | Haiti’s Revolution Was Won by a Chorus, Not a Solo By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson ( Le Français suit ) My purpose today is explicit: to refute two resilient myths about Haiti’s foundational historian, Thomas Madiou. First, that Madiou is egregiously partial—an unabashed celebrant of one “favorite” forefather. Second, that the history he helped canonize justifies the deification of a single revolutionary titan. The data drawn from a systematic sentiment analysis of five tomes (covering 1789–1826) instead point to something far more intellectually interesting—and politically relevant. Haiti’s victory was polycentric: a distributed achievement of intersecting leaders, factions, geographies, and tactical repertoires. The Data Behind the Narrative Let us begin with the table. Using a modern French sentiment lexicon (FEEL) applied to thousands of text segments explicitly referencing four central revolutionary figures—Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Henri...