Haiti Authorities Seek U.S. Troops After Jovenel Moïse Assassination, Le Devoir Says

Haiti and Cuba are described as being rocked by upheavals, with Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in Port-au-Prince and Cuba facing thousands of protesters over shortages of food and medicines and COVID-19 handling.

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El Nuevo Herald

The Le Devoir account says the Haitian authorities’ call for the deployment of American troops on their soil forms an “explosive cocktail,” while it also says the White House is open to sending troops to try to stabilize the situation and prevent a population exodus to the United States.

Folha de S.Paulo

In Cuba, Le Devoir says the Biden administration “simply calls for the release of detained protesters,” and it frames Miami’s mayor, Republican Francis Suárez, as suggesting studying the option of a military coalition and airstrikes on the island.

Le Devoir also links the debate to President Biden’s indecision by pointing to the defeat of American troops in Afghanistan and comparing it to Vietnam, while it recalls that the last assassination of a Haitian president in 1915 led to the American invasion and occupation of Haiti for nearly 20 years.

A separate report says speculation has been rekindled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s increasingly virulent statements about acquiring Greenland and by his January 3 military operation in Venezuela, during which American troops captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and transported him to the United States.

Noovo Info reports that retired former Chief of the Defence Staff, General Tom Lawson, told CTV News there will be “no question”—clarifying he was referring to “an action that would put American military personnel in direct contact with the Canadian population.”

Le Devoir

The same Noovo Info piece says former Trump national security adviser John Bolton called the idea of a U.S. military action against Canada “far-fetched,” adding that “any action against Greenland or, even more far-fetched, against Canada would spell the end of the NATO alliance.”

Noovo Info also frames Canada’s NATO membership through NATO Article 5, stating that an attack against one member is considered an attack against all and that the United States would respond accordingly under “well-established norms.”

Folha de S.Paulo reports that in March Donald Trump said “Cuba is next,” and that on May 1 Washington expanded sanctions against the regime, targeting individuals and entities that support the Cuban regime’s security apparatus or would be complicit in corruption or in grave human rights violations.

“Haiti and Cuba, two of the major Caribbean islands, have been rocked by strong political and social upheavals in recent weeks”

Le Devoir

The article says Cuba reacted with concern and that for Ricardo Zúniga, former member of the National Security Council in Barack Obama’s administration (2009–2017), the idea of an American military intervention “does not hold up under any analysis.”

Folha de S.Paulo quotes Zúniga warning that “[A military action against Cuba] would be a historical mistake,” and it adds that he questions the need to harden sanctions by arguing they have already weakened Cuba quite a bit.

The same account says Cuba is located about 150 km from Florida and is described as going through its worst humanitarian crisis in decades, with blackouts of up to 20 hours a day and disruptions including canceled flights and suspension of garbage collection and basic services.