The Global Pan African Movement, of North America (GPAM), stands in solidarity with
the Haitian people in their rejection of foreign intervention in Haitian affairs. Current
efforts by the international community to impose a neo-imperial order in Haiti have been
met with mass demonstrations and persistent calls for a Haiti ruled by Haitians.

The call for foreign intervention was made by current, unelected President Ariel Henry
who has received support and backing from the West after the assassination of former
President Jovenel Moise. Demonstrators are denouncing this request amid the long
history of foreign invasions and military involvement at the hands of Western nations to
the detriment of the local populace; the most recent of which being a 2017 UN Mission
that resulted in a cholera outbreak and the loss of thousands of Haitian lives. The
legitimacy of Henry as president and his backing by the United States and other
Western governments has been questioned by many Haitian civil rights groups and
protests against Henry have continued to mount amid his removal of fuel subsidies that
have sharply increased the price of fuel. The people have charged the Henry
administration with illegitimacy, ineffectiveness, and corruption. We stand by the Haitian
people in their protests against the undemocratic installment of Ariel Henry.

It is crucial that the undemocratic installment of Henry as president be recognized as
another attempt by the West to reassert its control and influence over the Haitian people
who have remained independent since their successful overthrow and Revolution
against European colonizers in the early 19th century. Haiti’s importance to the [Black]
world is prominent, and it is not lost on Pan Africanists and progressives that Haitians
continue to pay the price for what the Haitian Revolution achieved and symbolizes. It is
of vital concern for CARICOM and anyone who claims to believe in peace and social
justice to vehemently oppose these attempts as another foreign invasion. It is
incumbent that institutions like CARICOM and the African Union protect and reinforce
Haitian sovereignty. CARICOM should engage with the African Union and CELAC to
advance alternatives to the militarization of Haiti. We affirm Haiti’s right to continued
independence and self-determination amid persistent attempts from the United States
and other Western governments to exert control and influence over the country. GPAM
also remains alert about the shifts in U.S. foreign policy and views the conscription of
CARICOM forces as an extension of its current approach to imperialism. We support
the desires of the Haitian people for a Haitian led solution.