US State Department Flags Haiti's Government, Court of Accounts Over Budget Transparency

The United States Department of State has criticized the Haitian government and the Cour des comptes (Court of Accounts) for shortcomings in budget transparency, according to Le Nouvelliste. The findings appear in the 2026 Fiscal Transparency Report prepared by the State Department's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (Bureau des affaires économiques, énergétiques et commerciales).

The report states that the government made only limited information public regarding its debt obligations. While the Ministry of Finance published monthly expenditure reports, those documents did not include essential debt-related payments, according to the cited excerpt. The report further found that the government maintained off-budget accounts that were not subject to the same oversight and audit standards applied to other expenditures.

The assessment points to a deficit of transparency in how Haitian public finances are reported and controlled, raising concerns about accountability in the management of state resources. Le Nouvelliste did not publish the full text of the report in the available excerpt, and additional details on the government's response were not provided in the source material. The full findings and any official reaction from Haitian authorities were not available in the reviewed excerpts.