{"id":23517,"date":"2025-05-08T06:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/2025\/05\/08\/non-categorise\/haiti-faces-its-isolation-the-urgent-need-to-rethink-diplomacy-in-a-caribbean-on-the-move\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T06:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:59:12","slug":"haiti-faces-its-isolation-the-urgent-need-to-rethink-diplomacy-in-a-caribbean-on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/haiti-faces-its-isolation-the-urgent-need-to-rethink-diplomacy-in-a-caribbean-on-the-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti faces its isolation: the urgent need to rethink diplomacy in a Caribbean on the move"},"content":{"rendered":"

The May 7, 2025 meeting between Dominican President Luis Abinader and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked a symbolic turning point for international relations in the Caribbean.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While this event strengthens the ties between Washington and its regional partners, it also reveals a worrying divide: Haiti’s conspicuous absence from these strategic dialogues.<\/p>\n

In a fast-changing Caribbean world, this exclusion underlines our growing diplomatic isolation.<\/p>\n

Santo Domingo’s alliance with Washington illustrates a new geopolitical reality.<\/p>\n

By tackling key issues such as security and the management of migratory flows, the Dominican Republic is establishing itself as a privileged partner for the United States.<\/p>\n

This status as a strategic partner enables Santo Domingo to play a key role on the regional agenda, while Port-au-Prince seems to be gradually marginalized.<\/p>\n

At a time when the region is mobilizing around transnational challenges (security, climate change, migration), Haiti is struggling to formulate a coherent voice, undermined by internal divisions and growing mistrust on the part of the international community.<\/p>\n

The US administration, by prioritizing partners perceived as more stable, seems to be acknowledging this reality, at the risk of deepening the vacuum around Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n

This isolation is not without danger. Without Haiti at the negotiating table, regional solutions to migration and security crises will remain partial. <\/p>\n

The Dominican Republic can’t take on the challenges of an island it shares with Haiti on its own.<\/p>\n

To regain its place, Haiti must urgently reinvent its diplomatic strategy.<\/p>\n

No diplomatic credibility is possible without a legitimate government and functioning institutions.<\/p>\n

Port-au-Prince needs to forge alliances, particularly with CARICOM, to amplify its voice and participate in multilateral initiatives.<\/p>\n

By formulating concrete proposals, particularly on security, Haiti could regain Washington’s attention.<\/p>\n

The Caribbean world is on the move, and Haiti cannot afford to be left behind. We need a courageous overhaul of Haitian diplomacy. <\/p>\n

In the geopolitical equation, empty seats always end up being occupied by others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The May 7, 2025 meeting between Dominican President Luis Abinader and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked a symbolic turning point for international relations in the Caribbean. While this event strengthens the ties between Washington and its regional partners, it also reveals a worrying divide: Haiti’s conspicuous absence from these strategic dialogues. In a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":23469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2174],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-diplomacy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebdo24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}