2026-02-11

US Charge d'Affaires Henry Wooster testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on February 10 revealing that Haiti faces a force imbalance of approximately 3,000 heavily armed gang fighters against only 400 effectively combat-ready PNH officers. Wooster classified Haiti's gangs as proto-insurgent movements generating between 60 and 75 million dollars annually through systematic extortion. The International Rescue Committee simultaneously warned Haiti is on the verge of humanitarian collapse with funding at only 3.4 percent of documented need. Prime Minister Fils-Aime consolidated executive authority by dismissing Economy Minister Alfred Metellus and assuming the portfolio himself. The United States announced an additional 16 million dollars in food security funding.