Haiti: From Aid to Trade with Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé | Today's Battlegrounds | Hoover Institution

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Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé discusses Haiti's security crisis and efforts to restore order with H.R. McMaster.

Join Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, prime minister of Haiti, and Hoover senior fellow, H.R. McMaster, as they discuss Haiti’s escalating security crisis, efforts to dismantle gang control, and the role of the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force in restoring order. Fils-Aimé outlines how his government is working to reclaim territory, strengthen police capacity, and restore security to enable long-delayed elections. For more conversations from world leaders from key countries, subscribe to receive instant notification of the next episode. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé is a businessman and economist educated at Boston University, who built his career in private enterprise and previously served as president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Haiti. In November 2024, he was selected as acting prime minister by Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council, and when that body's mandate expired in February 2026, he became Haiti's de facto executive, focused on defeating gang coalitions and restoring democratic governance. H.R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is also the Bernard and Susan…

People in this episode

Host: H.R. McMaster

Guest: Alix Didier Fils-Aimé

Topics covered

• Haiti
• security crisis
• gang control
• UN intervention
• democratic governance
• elections

Keywords

• Haiti
• security
• gangs
• UN
• elections
• government
• H.R. McMaster
• Alix Didier Fils-Aimé

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hoover Institution, UN, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Haiti

Places: Haiti, Boston University

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