Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary Marco Rubio doubles down on efforts to get the OAS to lead a military intervention in Haiti. While praising Kenya's efforts, Rubio said the current strategy is "not working." So, when one military intervention

The Trump administration's "new" plan for Haiti is the same as the Biden administration's plan for Haiti, just cut and paste "OAS" for "MSS."

Axios: “Facing a revolt from Miami Republicans, President Trump salvaged his giant spending plan in Congress late Wednesday by ensuring the death of a Chevron oil deal in Venezuela that the lawmakers lividly opposed.” axios.com/2025/05/23/tru…

The Trump administration, mainly through Marco Rubio, keeps saying it will continue to support the PNH and Kenyan-led force in Haiti. In 2024, INL obligated > $80M in security support. In January 2025, $41M. Since Trump took office: $70k in new obligations.

Today, the US appointed Henry Wooster as the new Chargé d'Affaires at its embassy in Haiti, taking over for Dennis Hankins. There remains no ambassador.

Spoiler alert: it's the same path traversed time and time again. External intervention, but surely this time we won't make the same mistakes.

Policy thinking on Haiti often follows a familiar cycle: 1. We need to do something, let’s try this. 2. Well, it might have worked, if only the conditions were right. 3. Let’s try it again, maybe this time it will work.

This is about as close as it gets to a pure natural experiment on the economic value of political connections.

"Peace is understanding that we will have to forgive people for how they chose to survive," Isabelle Clerie writes for AyiboPost. ayibopost.com/opinion-the-ne…

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There should be investigation and prosecution for those responsible for this crime, including the perpetrators. Whoever is responsible could very well have done this in order to show the world that they can physically abuse a United States Senator on camera, with impunity. It