2026-01-13

Leslie Voltaire confirmed the Transitional Presidential Council will depart February 7 but introduced conditions requiring sixty percent political class consensus and international community approval, contradicting the April 3 Agreement's unconditional mandate termination. CARICOM escalated pressure with its second warning in four days, expressing deep concern about actor slowness despite identified convergence points in transition proposals. The government inaugurated National Route 3 between Hinche and Saint-Raphael while Route 1 remains impassable at Montrouis and Route 2 faces periodic blockages, demonstrating capacity in secure zones but inability to clear gang-controlled territories. Twenty-five days remain until the constitutional deadline.