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Amb. Geng Shuang on Haiti, condemning Trump tariffs as “not only cruel and absurd, but also profoundly heartbreaking”… and that “‘being too close to the US’ become a curse for Haiti” “Haiti was the first Latin American country to declare independence.
However, it has then suffered many hardships due to a long period of military occupation, external interference, and economic exploitation. Throughout this process, the United States has been the greatest external factor affecting Haiti’s security, stability, and development.
The US has always been the mastermind behind the political landscape in Haiti. For over a century, it has blatantly deployed troops, installed puppet governments, and manipulated Haiti’s constitution, entrenching itself in Haiti’s political affairs. Just a year ago, the US orchestrated the current political transition arrangements in Haiti.
Yet now, following a change in its own government, the US has turned a blind eye to that very transition, leaving Haiti mired in internal conflict and turmoil.
The US has always been the main source of weapons for Haiti. The reports of UNODC and the panel of experts of the sanctions committee have repeatedly pointed out this fact. Although the US agreed to the Security Council’s imposition of an territorial arms embargo on Haiti, it has always been perfunctory in its implementation, allowing illegal weapons to flow into Haiti from Florida. As a result, Haitian gangs are even better equipped than the Haitian national police.
The US has always been the de-facto architect on security matters in Haiti. In October 2023, it spearheaded the formation of the MSS mission, pledging financial support. However, in the past year and more, its actual contributions have been relatively limited.
At one point, it even attempted to convert the mission into a UN PKO, citing a lack of funds, an apparent act to shift the burden onto the UN and its member states, treating them as little more than an ATM machine. The US has always been a major source of interference in Haiti’s development.
While it claims to support the Haitian people, it has significantly cut foreign aid and continued deporting Haitian immigrants on the pretext of national priorities precisely when Haiti is in dire need of support. What is even more shocking is that not long ago, while the US defied world opinion by imposing sweeping tariffs on all trade partners, it also extended its so-called baseline tariff of 10% to Haiti, one of the world’s least developed countries as defined by the UN.
This display of unilateralism, protectionism, and economic bullying is not just aimed at the so-called competitors like China. It has also inflicted damage on a nation teetering on the edge of collapse, such as a fragile country like Haiti, where the people are in dire straits.
This is We hope that the US will reflect on all of the above. Haiti’s future should not be sacrificed to the US pursuit of its own strategic interests, nor should “being too close to the US” become a curse for Haiti.”
Full UN speech here: https://globaltimes.cn/page/202504/1332576.shtml
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