Haiti country watch
Signals only — no written briefing yet. Every number links to the articles it counts.
Vigilance
No active vigilance flag · rules: Heightened vigilance for staff and travel · Pressure surge · Media polarisation spike
Flare-up watch
Composite of the day's departure scores (z) against the country's own history — internal tension 0.25, safety & health 0.20, agenda divergence 0.20, framing gap 0.15, media attention 0.20; a missing component drops out and the others are renormalised. Calm below 1.2 · Watch to 1.5 · High above. Needs 14 days of history on two components. Method →
Risk pressure, last 30 days
| Risk category | Level | Articles, 30 days | Baseline | Change vs previous 30 days (articles) | Last signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regulatory risk | High | 7 | 3 | ▲ +4 | The opposition urges OUR to reject the proposed 51% rate increase by NWC RTVC Radio Television Caraibes |
| Operational risk | Elevated | 6 | 3 | ▲ +3 | Royal Caribbean: Suspension of cruises to Haiti extended until 2028 Haiti Libre |
| Stability risk | Elevated | 66 | 41 | ▲ +25 | Haïti : Une quinzaine de morts dans une nouvelle attaque de gangs à l'Arcahaie AlterPresse |
| Safety & health risk | High | 45 | 17 | ▲ +28 | Haiti - News : Zapping... Haiti Libre |
| Corporate risk | Quiet | 0 | 1 | ▼ −1 | — |
| Financial risk | Low | 1 | 1 | = | iciHaiti - Economy: "Yes, Haiti Can" (video) Haiti Libre |
| Trade risk | Elevated | 4 | 3 | ▲ +1 | Haiti - Economy: Minister Monazard encourages investment from the diaspora in Haiti Haiti Libre |
| Political risk | Elevated | 35 | 27 | ▲ +8 | Development plan for the electricity sector in Haiti Haiti Libre |
Its press also carried 6 foreign-subject articles in these 30 days — counted out of the levels above. Behind the numbers ↓
Pressure index: Normal (+0.8) — driven by safety & health
Easing ≤ −0.5 · Normal to +1.6 · Rising to +1.8 · Surging above — the 30-day pressure read against the country's own history.
Level = risk-flavoured articles in the country's own press over the last 30 days — what its outlets reported, wherever the story happened — against the country's own baseline (mean of the previous three 30-day windows). Quiet 0 · Low up to the baseline · Elevated up to twice the baseline · High above. Counts, not severities: a press signal, not a rating. Every row links to the articles counted. Titles shown translated are model translations; the others appear in their original language — each link opens the original article. Method →
Behind the numbers
In Haiti, local news focused on a major anti-gang operation by security forces in the Cul-de-Sac plain, efforts to attract diaspora investment, and a new development plan for the electricity sector. There was no foreign news covered.
The headlines, translated:
- Haiti-Security: Law enforcement launches a large anti-gang operation in the Cul-de-Sac plain AlterPresse
- Haiti - Economy: Minister Monazard encourages investment from the diaspora in Haiti Haiti Libre
- Development plan for the electricity sector in Haiti Haiti Libre
Model-written from the day's stored headlines, nothing added — each line links the original article. A reading aid, not a briefing. Method →
Attention: Haiti in the world's press
Yesterday 272 articles · 28% below the 30-day average · led by the press of Haiti, Jersey, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Martinique
Articles mentioning the country across the outlets we read, vs the 30-day average. Method →
Media polarisation
Shown from 14 days of data · 0 days collected so far
Media we read
6 outlets read every day
- AlterPresse · independent
- Haiti Libre · independent
- Haiti Press Network · independent
- Radio Signal FM 90.5 · independent
- Radio Vision 2000 · independent
- RTVC Radio Television Caraibes · independent
Signals of 3 November 2026
Internal tension
- Haïti : Une quinzaine de morts dans une nouvelle attaque de gangs à l'Arcahaie ↗ AlterPresse · independent
- Haïti : Le gouvernement voudrait garder le contrôle de l'ensemble des opérations de sécurité ↗ AlterPresse · independent
- Haiti-Security: Law enforcement launches a large anti-gang operation in the Cul-de-Sac plain ↗ AlterPresse · independent
Safety & health
- Haiti - News : Zapping... ↗ Haiti Libre · independent
Trade
- Haiti - Economy: Minister Monazard encourages investment from the diaspora in Haiti ↗ Haiti Libre · independent
Politics
- Development plan for the electricity sector in Haiti ↗ Haiti Libre · independent