Haiti–United States Relations: The Images, the Words, and the Facts

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau paid an official visit to Haiti on Friday, May 29, 2026. The images published by the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti and by the American official’s X account are unequivocal: everything went well.

While the Haitian side highlighted the fact that all activities took place at the National Palace, a site considered dangerous only a few months ago, and while the most striking photograph is the one showing Prime Minister Fils-Aimé and Christopher Landau