It is no longer a simple crisis. It is no longer a political conflict, a fleeting instability, or a circumstantial disorder. What is unfolding in Haiti today is the slow and methodical attempt to exterminate a people. A silent, yet total war. And yet, the Haitian root resists, alive, indestructible.
What we are experiencing today is the result of a long, patient, cynical plan. After weakening the state, impoverishing the economy, demolishing agriculture, emptying schools, crushing public health, strangling energy, and suffocating justice, the nation's visible and invisible enemies have unleashed the ultimate weapon: armed gangs. But beware, these gangs were not born by chance or poverty. They are financed, armed, supervised, tolerated, protected. Their mission is clear: to terrorize the population, break popular momentum, and prevent all resistance. They serve the interests of a corrupt local elite and an international system that desires neither real democracy, nor sovereign development, nor national rebirth.
Haiti is under control. An occupation without uniform, directed from embassies, NGOs, international institutions, and oligarchic circles. They are the ones who appoint presidents, choose prime ministers, dictate reforms, manage resources, and guide elections. The people are merely extras, spectators, hostages.
Justice is a farce, under the orders of those who pay the judges. The police are starved, infiltrated, sacrificed. Healthcare is paralyzed, vampirized by NGOs that recruit the best doctors to kill public hospitals. Agriculture is abandoned, replaced by massive imports. Culture is scorned, identity denied, youth pushed towards exile or violence.
But the Haitian people are not dead. They suffer, yes. They bleed, they cry, they endure. But they do not surrender. For in every ghetto, every countryside, every abandoned alley, every wounded heart, a flame remains lit. A flame that comes from afar. That of Makandal. That of Catherine Flon. That of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. That of 1804. This sacred fire cannot be extinguished by bullets, traitors, or foreign powers. For this fire is in the blood, in the soul, in the heritage of our people.
Today, a conscious generation is rising. It refuses to be sold, deceived, manipulated. It sees clearly through the political theater. It identifies false prophets, corrupt leaders, accomplices. It wants to rebuild, reorganize, rethink Haiti on new foundations: of truth, justice, dignity, and sovereignty. This fight will not be easy. It will require courage, time, sacrifices. But it is necessary. Vital. Inevitable. For Haiti does not have the right to die. The world needs its example. And humanity must know that this small Black people at the end of the world has never been a slave to History; it has been its creator.
To you, Haitian, wherever you are, stand up. This fight is yours. This country is yours. This land does not ask you to do everything, but not to betray. Refuse fear, reject resignation, reject corruption, reject lies. The awakening is underway. And you, what are you doing?
Port-au-Prince, May 4, 2025
Georges DUPERVAL
General Coordinator
BATON JENÈS LA