2026-01-26

The United States imposed visa restrictions on two unnamed CPT members January 25 for gang collaboration, coinciding with ZED Airlines indefinite suspension after gunfire struck two aircraft approaching Port-au-Prince. CPT President Laurent Saint-Cyr and Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime consolidated executive authority through coordinated security meetings with PNH and FAd'H leadership, projecting unified command while the five-member dismissal coalition fractures under international pressure. Pitit Dessalines leader Moise Jean-Charles alleged CPT member Emmanuel Vertilaire admitted to US Embassy pressure not to support PM dismissal, suggesting direct diplomatic intervention at individual council member level. With twelve days until the CPT mandate expires February 7 2026, no succession framework exists, Saint-Cyr and Fils-Aime control all security institutions, and Haiti faces complete aviation isolation compounding governance deadlock.