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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 ...

  Haiti’s Feuille de Route: Can a Private Sector-led Consortium Deliver on Security, Elections, and Reform? By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson (Le Français suit) PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti’s transitional roadmap, adopted by the Presidential Council earlier this year, rests on three pillars: stabilizing security, organizing credible elections, and launching constitutional reform. On paper, these are state functions. In practice, the Haitian state is brittle, its institutions gutted by years of crisis, corruption, and capture. Into that vacuum steps an unlikely actor: the private sector. At the center is an alliance of Haitian business leaders who present themselves as a logistical backbone and coordination engine. The question, however, is not only whether they can deliver, but whether they can do so with legitimacy, accountability, and without repeating the sins of elite capture that have long fueled Haiti’s governance failures.   Security: Corridors, Not Sovereignty Haiti’...

  Before Casting Stones: Rethinking the Outcry Against  Laurent St-Cyr By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson (Le Français suit) Port-au-Prince, August 6,  2025 . In a political landscape marked by volatility and deep mistrust, few figures rise to prominence without controversy.  Laurent St-Cyr, recently thrust into the national spotlight through his appointment to the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), has found himself at the receiving end of intense scrutiny. His nomination, seen by some as emblematic of elite capture and foreign influence, has ignited a flurry of criticism both on the airwaves and across social media platforms. The phrase “crier haro” — to denounce someone loudly and publicly — has taken on new meaning in Haiti’s charged political climate, and in the case of St-Cyr, it raises important questions: Are we right to sound the alarm so quickly? Or are we allowing reflexive suspicion to override sober analysis? A Technocrat in a Time of Turmoil ...

  Haiti’s Urban War, the OAS’s Peace Plan: Why a Police‑Only Roadmap Won’t Hold the Line By Patrick Prézeau Stephenson (Le Français suit) The Organization of American States’ July 2025 roadmap for Haiti reads like a careful development compact: strengthen the Haitian National Police (HNP), tighten borders, revive courts, restore services, seed jobs, coordinate aid. On paper, it is sensible and humane. On the streets of Port‑au‑Prince, it is insufficient. The plan omits the one ingredient that Haiti’s capital‑city reality now demands: a credible, resourced, and accountable kinetic security component able to fight an urban war—because that is what Haiti faces. The reality the roadmap sidesteps Haiti’s gangs are no longer atomized neighborhood crews. They are networked, politically connected, transnationally supplied, and tactically adaptive. They control and contest terrain, use combined arms (rifles, IEDs, commercial drones with explosive payloads), dig trenches, cut lines o...