2026-02-19

The Caribbean-EU Parliamentary Assembly is a relatively recent institutional mechanism; its adoption of formal Haiti recommendations marks a qualitative expansion of its operational scope. EDH has faced chronic underfunding since the post-earthquake period, and electrical infrastructure deterioration has accelerated as gang control of Port-au-Prince has disrupted maintenance operations. Dominican-Haitian trade has historically proven resilient to bilateral political stress, dating to the period of the Duvalier era border closures.