Gustavo Petro’s Visit to Haiti: Empty Rhetoric Amid Rising Regional Chaos
Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls for regional solidarity in Haiti, but rising violence and instability reveal the failures of such ideological posturing.

When Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro traveled to Haiti to inaugurate his country’s first embassy there, he delivered lofty speeches about freedom, unity, and never allowing oneself to be enslaved. But amid Haiti’s spiraling crisis—marked by surging homicides, massive displacement, and lawlessness—Petro's rhetoric rings hollow against the backdrop of mounting instability that threatens not only the region but also America’s southern frontier. Empty Promises in a Land Cracking Under Pressure Petro exhorted Caribbean nations to unite under so-called progressive banners “because we are the majority,” invoking love and solidarity as antidotes to isolation and death. Yet his call overlooks the grim...
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