![]() That sounds like something that's in the midst of this crisis of security and politics is not that important, but it actually is. HELP Act, which is trade preferences in Haiti, that would be helpful in the economy. But she announced the administration support for the H.O.P.E. And then significantly, it's a little out there timewise. So, she, the vice president came in with kind of the standard American talking points, the support for a multinational force, there's always a new announcement of humanitarian assistance, $53 million, there were floods and a small earthquake recently, and just the general crush of the situation in Haiti always requires a bump in humanitarian assistance. Keith Mines: Yeah, Haiti is the most interesting, I think, the most urgent, the most pressing, all the other ones are also important, but this is the one that I think is really where the attention is the most interesting. Remind us of the focus of Haiti, particularly now. Laura Coates: Interesting, I wonder why they didn't announce that. So, the Eastern Caribbean is left hanging about where there's going to be two new U.S. And of course, the administration tries hard to bring in the private sector and get the public private part of it working as well and announced two new embassies, but without specifying where they're going to be. So that's probably the most interesting of them, but on climate, they had a number of technical initiatives that they launched, there's a big part of it on preparedness, some development financing. And regional security, there is a natural connection between American firearms and a lot of the violence that is happening in the Caribbean, particularly in places like Jamaica. Caribbean nations, of course, are the early ones to get hit by climate disasters, and they'll be the first ones to be underwater, so they take it very personally and very seriously. They had a number of initiatives that they discussed on the climate. They talked climate change, security, trade, a whole range of things, this was no different. The last one was, of course, at the LA Summit. ![]() This is her fourth meeting with leaders of the Caribbean. ![]() Her father, of course, is Jamaican, and she has an affinity, I think for that part of the hemisphere. Keith Mines: Well, she's the administration's point person for relations with the Caribbean, which is kind of natural. Tell me a little bit about this and what was her goal? She made an historic trip recently to the Bahamas. and beyond as well, including what's happened with the Vice President Kamala Harris. I know that the news is really dominated for interesting reasons, of course, by this indictment of the former president, but there has surprisingly been other news in Washington, D.C. Keith Mines: Good morning to you, thanks. Laura Coates: Joining us now is Keith Mines, the Director of the Latin America program at the United States Institute of Peace. ![]() Institute of Peace experts discuss the latest foreign policy issues from around the world in On Peace, a brief weekly collaboration with SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124. is looking for someone else to take the lead” on these situations, “there are things at play that are encouraging and at some point are going to need very tangible U.S. While Haiti’s and Venezuela’s political, security and humanitarian situations remain dire, there are promising regional efforts underway to address both countries’ crises. ![]()
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