Haitian Constitution

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress the administration does not think a controversial Haitian plebiscite on constitutional reform should happen.

Haiti's president is holding a controversial referendum next month on overhauling the 1987 Constitution. His Ambassador to the U.S., Bocchit Edmond, defends it.

With Haiti in economic and security collapse, President Jovenel Moïse's increasingly authoritarian rule is a point of bitter debate in the country – and South Florida.

The U.S. once told a Haitian President he had to follow the Constitution's calendar. Now it's telling another the opposite. The democratic stakes — and risks — are big.

Unpopular Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has set a constitutional reform referendum for April. Critics say he's also fixed it to keep himself in power.

As protesters demand Haitian President Jovenel Moïse leave office, he and his opponents disagree on his constitutional departure date — by an entire year.