Relations Haïti-États-Unis : Rencontre tendue à l’horizon entre Marco Rubio et le Président du CPT, Fritz Alphonse Jean
Haiti-USA relations: Tense meeting on the horizon between Marco Rubio and CPT President Fritz Alphonse Jean By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson (Le Français suit) Introduction: A New Era of American Hard Power As U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to meet Haitian Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) President Fritz Jean in Jamaica, the political atmosphere could hardly be more tense. Just days before the meeting, Rubio made it abundantly clear that the Biden-era diplomacy of quiet engagement and multilateralism is over. In a statement reflecting the aggressive posture of the Trump administration’s America First doctrine, Rubio declared: “We will continue to cancel the visas of those whose presence or activities have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for our country. And we will continue to use every legal means available to remove alien enemies.” [1] For Haiti—a country already suffocating under political instability, gang violence, and a collapsing...