Port-au-Prince: Politicians Pursue Power as Drinking Water Becomes Increasingly Unsafe

While several hotels in the metropolitan area are hosting meetings between political entities in an attempt to find an alternative to be implemented as of February 7, 2026—the date marking the end of the mandate of the Transitional Presidential Council—a study conducted by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MCI), in collaboration with the Directorate for Quality Control and Consumer Protection (DCQPC), reveals that 83.5% of drinking water samples analyzed in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area do not comply with health standard