2026-01-18
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
CARICOM has served as Haiti's primary international mediator since the April 2024
transition installation with the Group of Eminent Persons conducting shuttle diplomacy
between Haitian factions throughout 2024 and early 2025. Previous CARICOM
January 18, 2026
interventions in Caribbean political crises typically involved direct member-state
summits and binding frameworks rather than the facilitative approach attempted in
Haiti which has now demonstrably failed.