Eight Months of Unpaid Salaries Fuel Crisis at Haiti’s Customs Administration

Tensions are rising at the Administration générale des douanes (AGD). For the third consecutive day, employees of the institution have expressed their anger over the management of Director General Gérald Remplais. On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, they escalated their standoff with management by closing the doors of the AGD, preventing the director general from accessing his office.

The mobilization had direct repercussions on the institution’s operations. For much of the day, liquidation and inspection servi