2026-02-16

Haiti enters a three-day Carnival holiday period with acute security contradictions. While Jacmel celebrations proceed with police deployment and weapons bans, Port-au-Prince faces surging kidnappings across Delmas neighborhoods and gang leader Izo operates openly financing carnival activities with zero government response. The 5th Sectoral Security Table advanced GSF operational planning through Concept of Operations development, signaling movement from conceptual to deployment frameworks. A federal appellate ruling on Temporary Protected Status affecting 350,000 Haitian beneficiaries in the United States is expected this week following Judge Reyes's denial of the administration's stay request.