LatamPolitik: Haiti, US Relations and Mercosur

Haiti

What’s old: Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. (For more on the structural reasons why Haiti is so impoverished, you can read our analysis here.) It is also one of the most politically unstable countries in the world, having gone through 32 coups in 200 years. Democratic elections held in November 2016, won by Jovenel Moïse, we…