Against all odds, Haiti’s national soccer team has qualified for the World Cup. When the final whistle blew, Haitian communities erupted across the globe. In Miami, car horns and konpa took over Little Haiti.

I continue to be stunned by our country's contradictions and cruelties. We claim to be a Christian nation, but have forgotten that Jesus' teachings emphasize caring for the hungry, viewing it as service to God.

Every year, Haitians abroad send nearly $3.8 billion back home, almost 20% of Haiti’s GDP. Yet despite this massive contribution, the diaspora has no unified political voice.

That's the Haitian proverb that came to mind when I saw a fellow Haitian praising Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Act." This bill is being sold as a win for working people, but it's a masterclass in deception.

I'm honored to share that I've been selected as one of this year's Ayiti Visionaries by Ayiti Community Trust.

Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart." Deuteronomy 28:65

The Trump administration has just canceled the CHNV program (Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans parole program) and announced its intent to deport hundreds of thousands of Haitian nationals.

The Avant-Projet offers a mix of innovation, contradiction, and confusion. It includes promising shifts, like the recognition of diaspora rights, but undermines them through exclusionary clauses and logistical overreach.

No foreign power will rescue Haiti—not the Kenyans, nor the Americans, Chinese, Russians, or the Core Group. That may be a hard truth to accept, but it is the only starting point for any serious national reckoning.

For decades, we have condemned the U.S. State Department for interfering in Haiti's internal affairs—supporting corrupt elites, undermining grassroots movements, and shielding the oligarchy.

While gangs have formed powerful coalitions to destroy the nation, we—its civil society and diaspora—remain fragmented. That is the sad and bitter truth.

Two days ago, Fritz Alphonse Jean, President pro tempore of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), addressed the nation. While his remarks acknowledged the seriousness of the moment, I wanted to hear more.

The Trump administration has taken the final step in its campaign to gut the United States Agency for International Development. As CNN reported, the “State Department formally notifies Congress it is effectively dissolving USAID”

Reading about the measles outbreak in Texas, I feel a deep frustration. Part of me wants to say that people must live with the consequences of their choices. But the reality is that children—who had no say in those choices—are the ones suffering.

I have always believed that only Haitians can save Haiti. This conviction stems not from blind patriotism but from the belief that real change must come from within. However, this does not mean Haiti must do it alone.