Links to the State Department’s website for background on the country’s political environment.
Last Published: 8/2/2019

Haiti’s democracy remains fragile and its stability is stymied by political dysfunction, plummeting economic indicators, and deteriorating security conditions. Since assuming office in February 2017, President Jovenel Moïse has faced numerous challenges to his administration. As of July 2019, sporadic protests and a parliamentary no confidence vote hampered the government’s ability to act in anything other than a caretaker capacity, pending the formation of a new government.  

The Haitian National Police (HNP) has largely succeeded in maintaining security after the October 2017 departure of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and its military peacekeepers. The HNP has shown progress in managing nationwide demonstrations on numerous occasions, protecting peaceful demonstrators while utilizing proportionate and non-lethal force against violent protestors. While the HNP has addressed public security with little direct support from the UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) formed police units, its resources are limited. Violent crime, especially armed robberies and increased gang violence, remains a concern. The Department of State has issued a Travel Warning for Haiti.

For additional background information on the political and economic environment of Albania, please click on the following link: https://www.state.gov/countries-areas/haiti/.

 

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