2025-12-30

Seventh consecutive year of negative GDP growth confirms security alone cannot fix Haiti. Negative 2.7 percent contraction occurred despite December 19 announcement of 7500 GSF troops and December 27 donation of 25 armored vehicles. Revised electoral calendar creates 365 day constitutional gap between February 7 2026 CPT expiration and February 7 2027 inauguration. 4.2 million vulnerable Haitians representing 37 percent of population cannot survive lost year 2026 without massive intervention. International security assistance provided without conditioning aid on political transition benchmarks enables governance failure.