ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to situate Haiti in what the author calls the outer-periphery. The Western colonialism and the collusion between international organizations, major powers and domestic elites that contributed to the decay of such states including Haiti. The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission aimed to coordinate the recovery from the earthquake. The Commission maintained a legal façade of ultimate Haitian authority. But in reality, it placed the country under foreign powers. It is as if the unbroken pattern of imperial interventions in Haiti had nothing to do with the country's massive failures. Haiti has diplomatic options it has used, notably with Cuba and Venezuela. They agree with the analysis of Ricardo Seitenfus, the former OAS special representative in Haiti, when he denounced donors and NGOs for their own corruption and lack of transparency. Whatever may be their ideological differences, Haitians have realized that the results of some 40 years of NGO-led development have been at best meagre.
