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Haiti at the Crossroads: Erik Prince’s 10-Year Colonial Experiment Exposed

While the Haitian government signs away sovereignty, Erik Prince positions his mercenary empire to control roads, ports, and taxes, putting the Haitian people at unprecedented risk.

Haiti Security | The Haitian Pulse Editorial Team | August 116, 2025

Haiti, a nation already battered by decades of corruption, mismanagement, and foreign interference, now faces a threat unlike any it has seen before. Billionaire Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater and current CEO of Vectus Global, is openly orchestrating a plan to embed his private forces in Haiti for a decade. His stated goal: to “fight gangs” and eventually administer the country’s tax collection system.

According to a Reuters interview, Prince claims he has signed a ten-year agreement with the Haitian government—a government widely regarded as illegitimate and deeply corrupt—to control key territories, including major roads, ports, and border points with the Dominican Republic. He has also expressed his intention to restructure Haiti’s tax system under his company’s oversight.

This is not a simple security contract. What Prince is proposing amounts to a full-scale privatization of governance. For any sovereign country, allowing a foreign entity—even a private mercenary company—to run law enforcement, tax collection, and territorial control is unprecedented and alarming. Yet, somehow, the Haitian population is largely unaware of the stakes.

Prince has made no effort to hide his colonialist mindset. In past statements, he declared:
“It’s time to put that imperialist hat on … we are going to govern those countries [referring to impoverished Black countries] if they are not capable of governing themselves. You can say that about all of Africa.”

These words reveal a dangerous belief that impoverished nations require external rulers. To suggest that Haitians—or Africans—cannot manage their own affairs is both insulting and historically tone-deaf, echoing centuries of exploitation and oppression.

Reports indicate that Prince’s presence in Haiti may have come at the request of Reuven Bigio, a controversial figure in Haiti's private sector and CEO of GB Group a company founded by Gilbert Bigio. While the exact nature of Bigio’s involvement remains unclear, one cannot ignore the implication: Prince may be in Haiti primarily to provide robust security for a corrupt government at the expense of its citizens.

Since his arrival, drones reportedly patrol the skies while gang violence persists unabated, raising serious questions about the effectiveness—and real purpose—of this operation. One must ask: if the goal were truly to protect the population, why do gang leaders continue to terrorize neighborhoods while the Haitian people suffer?

Prince’s plan reportedly involves gradually taking control of the main arteries of commerce and border trade, particularly goods entering from the Dominican Republic. By controlling trade routes and revenue collection, Vectus Global positions itself not only as a private army but also as a shadow government with power over the nation’s economy.

It is difficult to overstate the danger here. If Prince succeeds in embedding his forces, Haiti risks becoming a de facto colony, where decisions about security, taxation, and territorial control are made by a billionaire foreigner and his private army. The Haitian people, already marginalized and silenced, may find themselves subject to an externally imposed system with little hope for recourse.

“It is unfortunate that the population is in a deep state of coma,” a local activist notes. “Most cannot see that Erik Prince is attempting to impose a colonial structure designed to reduce Haitians to subjects rather than citizens. Their own government is conspiring with a mercenary group to bring them all into slavery, and the people are too blind to notice.”

For decades, Haiti has been exploited, manipulated, and mismanaged. From foreign interventions to corrupt leadership, the nation has survived against all odds. Yet, the agreement with Prince represents an entirely new threat: a decade-long occupation by a private army under the guise of security.

This is not a distant warning—it is happening now, and every Haitian must recognize the gravity of the situation. The combination of a corrupt government, an internationally funded private army, and an inattentive population could permanently undermine the country’s sovereignty.

Haitians must demand answers:

• Who exactly negotiated this agreement with Erik Prince, and what is Reuben Bigio’s role?

• How can a foreign private company be allowed to administer taxes and control roads?

• What safeguards exist to protect the Haitian people from exploitation under this plan?

The time for complacency has passed. Awareness, resistance, and action are the only ways to prevent Haiti from sliding further into private militarized control. Erik Prince may be positioning himself as a “savior” to fight gangs, but his real agenda is power and control, not justice or security.

Haiti has survived centuries of foreign domination and corrupt regimes. It is time for the population to awaken, demand transparency, and protect its sovereignty before it is irreversibly handed over to a billionaire mercenary.

The Haitian Pulse’s editorial stance is clear: We will expose corruption, foreign exploitation, and threats to Haitian sovereignty. Citizens must remain vigilant, question those in power, and demand accountability for the protection of their nation.