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With elections shelved and we dont know for how long. you seem to believe that the only way out of this is to get the united nations involved. you recently wrote a letter to the un high commissioner, michelle bachelet, asking for a un—backed investigation into the killing of president moise. yes. what on earth would the use of that be? yes, you know, we have things like that happen before. in 2005, after the assassination of the lebanese prime minister, we had a special tribunal by the un to i...

In the united states, part of the united states rely on haitians. so we need to be treated as humans. we need to be treated fairly. a final thought. last year, you had another earthquake, just, what, 11 years after a disastrous earthquake in 2010. you had a president assassinated. you have spiralling gang violence. you have a population that is mired in poverty. how close to despair are you about the state of your country? imean, what... im telling you that this situation is very hard. but haiti...

The united states, as saying that they will welcome with open arms tens, maybe even hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees. given what ive just outlined is the stance in the united states toward haitian migrants, many of whom want to seek political asylum in the united states, what do you think drives the different responses from the international community to ukrainians and then to haitians? i think its double—standard politics. thats clear. and we cannot hide the fact that race may be a...

There are many individuals, dozens of individuals who are currently in detention in haiti as a result of the police investigation. many of them actually are colombian, but none of them have actually been charged. its unfortunate when there is someone who is obstructing justice. this is a result that youre going to have when a government official at this high level is obstructing justice. so youre going to see this and its unfortunate, and thats why im trying to... its very unfortunate for haiti ...

I would say that the oligarchs that has taken hostage millions of people living with less than $2 a day, i would say that, yes, an elite few that has been really acting against the majority — yes, they are a part of where haiti is now. you are a part of that elite. where do you think the haitian elite has gone wrong? i mean, the haitian elite, i mean, talking about the oligarchs, when you say... when you say, "im talking about the oligarchs," you distance yourself from this entire context, but...

More than 100 years. so we should agree that this has incidence and impact. and you had various interferences, military and otherwise, from the united states, alongside the debt you were forced to pay to france. i think people do understand that haiti suffered a great dealfrom its colonial experience and then from its... the fact that it was neighbouring to the united states, and washington took a great interest at times in haitis politics. i get all of that. but are you therefore saying that th...

Can haiti be saved? claudejoseph, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. its a pleasure to have you. it is eight months or so since president moise was brutally gunned down, assassinated in his own home. haiti today is still in chaos as a result of that. why is it still in chaos? one of the reasons is because the current prime minister, prime minister henry,

..those who really possess the countrys wealth, the less than i% that actually earn more than 80% of haitis income and wealth. so this is what we are talking about. so myself, as a young, if you will, academic and politician, im not a part of this. but what im trying to do today is to actually denounce this situation where an elite few takes hostage a whole population. so this is exactly whatjovenel moise was denouncing. jovenel moise was not a politician. he was a family man from the northern p...

Earlier in this interview, you said that there is a sense of neglect in haiti, neglect by the outside world, and you connected that directly to race and potentially to, i guess, to racism. when you look at the united states today, atjoe biden and his attitude to haiti, do you see a man who wants to use americas power in a positive way to help your country? or do you see an american leader who is doing everything to stop haitians entering the united states? i believe that our problem is haitians ...

Welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. haiti is one of the worlds most broken nations, and the internal fractures are tearing the country apart. last summer, the president was assassinated. despite a swirl of rumour, the perpetrators havent been brought to justice. the current prime minister is under a cloud of suspicion, elections have been shelved, and haitians live in grinding poverty, gang violence and amid international indifference. my guest is the former foreign minister and briefly acti...