What if Haiti built a new planned capital in Saint-Michel-de-l'Attalaye (Artibonite)?

Fun fact: Saint-Michel's commune is 613.74 km², about 1.4% bigger than Seoul (605.20 km²). It's mostly rural, of course, but there's plenty of room. It's also inland, at about 420 m elevation.

The idea: Port-au-Prince stays the commercial center, while Saint-Michel becomes the seat of government.

Questions:
1. Should Haiti move its capital at all?

1. Is Saint-Michel the right spot?
   Would a new capital boost development outside Port-au-Prince?

2. Are the benefits worth the cost?

I'd especially love to hear from Haitians who know Saint-Michel and the region.

I want to seriously have a discussion. Can someone seriously and honestly list the actual ground level issues that would fix Haiti. Also i dont want to hear "its the CIA" for the millionth time.

i want to know the actual tangible issues and what you think can be done to fix them

I've been working on an idea I'm calling the Great Humanitarian Settlement Proposal (GHSP) and want honest feedback.

The territories:

🇰🇮 Kiribati → Anse-à-Galets (372 km²)

🇲🇻 Maldives → Pointe-à-Raquette (316 km²)

🇳🇷 Nauru → Île-à-Vache (51.79 km²)

🇹🇻 Tuvalu → Les Cayemites (45 km²)

The structure: Haiti becomes a constitutional kingdom modeled on the Netherlands. Each island nation would be an autonomous constituent country with its own government under a shared constitution.

The deal: A $200B international development fund structured like an NFL contract:

Signing bonus: Released after ratification, for urgent humanitarian needs, security, and setting up independent oversight

Guaranteed money: Held in an independent trust for essential services, health, education, and climate adaptation

Base pay: Scheduled payments tied to infrastructure projects (roads, power, water, schools, hospitals)

Performance bonuses: Paid only when independent auditors verify progress on corruption, security, elections, jobs, etc.
Plus clawbacks, public reporting, transparent procurement, and no single government controlling the money.

Haiti would also seek U.S. guarantees, maritime/EEZ arrangements with the island nations, and recognition of Navassa Island as Haitian.

I'd especially love to hear from Haitians, Pacific Islanders, and anyone who would like to share their opinion on this.

Not looking to start another Haiti vs. DR debate. There’s enough of that all over the internet.But why hasn’t the Dominican Republic contributed troops or logistical support to the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti?They arguably have the most to gain from a stable, peaceful Haiti.

I just read a Reuters article reporting that Dominican President Luis Abinader offered logistical support to Bukele’s Salvadoran forces deploying to Haiti.

My question is, why only now? Why weren’t they already involved in supporting the mission?

Genuinely curious if there’s a political, diplomatic, or security reason I’m overlooking.

Reuters:
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/around-1000-soldiers-el-salvador-have-deployed-haiti-source-says-2026-10-27/

"Dominican merchants must pay five thousand dollars weekly to Haitian gangs to bring products into that nation, according to revelations from the president of the Dominican Federation of Merchants, Ivan Garcia."

Hi, I’ve been thinking about something recently. It’s not something people often directly associate with Haiti’s problems, but I’d like to hear your opinions.
It’s not the first time I’ve seen gang leaders showing off their wealth, but something caught my attention in a recent video posted by gang leader Lanmò 100 Jou, where he was showing off thousands of US $100 bills.
It made me wonder: while we might assume all this money comes from Haiti, what if Haiti is actually part of a much larger drug trafficking network?

I’m not saying Haitians themselves are major drug consumers, but destabilizing the country could make it easier for drug traffickers to operate without worrying too much about authorities interfering with their activities.

In the rest of Latin America, fighting drug trafficking has been a major campaign topic for many politicians. But what if, instead of actually solving the problem, some governments are simply allowing it to shift toward weaker countries that the international community pays less attention to?
Could Haiti’s instability be benefiting international drug trafficking networks more than we realize?
What do you think?

Day 9 since the Salvadorans been missing.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/around-1000-soldiers-el-salvador-have-deployed-haiti-source-says-2026-10-27/

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If had to choose one thing that truly represents the spirit of our people, I would choose Rara.

I can't wait for Rara season in Bainet.

New York seeks $1.3 billion from NovaTech founders over an alleged crypto scheme targeting Haitian investors.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked a court to order Cynthia and Eddy Petion to pay $1.3 billion in damages and disgorgement.
According to state investigators, the NovaTech founders collected more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency from investors between August 2019 and April 2023, while trading less than $26 million on the platform. The scheme collapsed in May 2023, leaving tens of thousands of people, including many in Haitian and immigrant communities, unable to recover their savings.
The Petions fled the country following an August 2025 default judgment.

Does anyone know about the slaves that were from Gabon that were brought to Haiti? According to a DNA test my mother's side is from Gabon.