Marco Rubio reiterates U.S. support for security in Haiti in meeting with prime minister

Port-au-Prince.- United States reaffirmed its support for the stability and security of Haiti during a meeting between the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and the Haitian Prime Minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, within the framework of the meeting of heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom). “Secretary Rubio reiterated the importance of ensuring Haiti’s security against terrorist gangs and reaffirmed the United States’ support for the country’s stability and security, particularly through the Gang Suppression Force (GSF),” the United States embassy in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, reported this Thursday.

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Rubio underlined that “the United States will hold accountable those who support the gangs, including corrupt politicians who contribute to the destabilization of Haiti,” according to the same source. The Secretary of State indicated to the ‘C-SPAN’ network on Wednesday that the GSF “is strengthening,” although he acknowledged that “it has to improve a bit” with regard to funding, which is why “donor countries are still being sought to cover some needs.” In addition, he explained that the GSF “will be under the auspices of the UN”, which “will be important” so that the United Nations “can demonstrate its ability to solve a problem”. “The goal would be to intervene on the ground and allow the Haitian authorities to regain control of the territory in the hands of these gangs,” he added.

Progress Against Gangs

The meeting between Rubio and Fils-Aimé took place on the sidelines of the 50th meeting of CARICOM heads of government, where the Haitian prime minister assured his counterparts that Haiti is making progress in the fight against gangs and that he maintains his confidence that elections will be held this year. At the summit, which concludes this Friday and is held in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Fils-Aimé highlighted that his government is “doing everything possible to solve the gang problem”. Furthermore, he highlighted that his country has just reached the “important milestone” of most political parties signing an agreement for stability, so he assured that Haiti is heading “to elections”, he assured about the so-called ‘National Pact for Stability and the Organization of Elections’. This agreement regulates the transition period until the holding of elections, scheduled for their first round on August 30th of this year, for which the Government must “create a safe environment”, as announced last Tuesday. Haiti’s National Police killed at least 16 alleged gang members last Saturday in a “large-scale operation” carried out in Kenscoff, south of Port-au-Prince, according to the institution’s data. Haiti is experiencing a serious political and social crisis and, according to the United Nations Integrated Office in the country (Binuh), almost 6,000 people died and another 2,708 were injured in 2025 due to gang violence and operations by security forces to combat it.