Three major industrial companies—Brasserie de la Couronne, the Barbancourt distillery, and Brasserie Séjourné—published a joint statement this Wednesday, April 29, 2026, to alert authorities to the critical situation near their facilities in the Cul-de-Sac plain. Following more than four days of intense violence between National Road No. 1 and Route 9, the signatories remain skeptical of the current precarious calm.
Company officials warn that the area is at risk of becoming a new “lost territory” at the doorstep of Toussaint Louverture International Airport. They highlight a major infrastructural hurdle: the disastrous state of National Road No. 1 prevents police armored vehicles from reaching strategic points without getting stuck. “How can we claim to durably secure the airport if those who must protect it cannot circulate around its immediate perimeter?” the statement asks.
The three companies are demanding urgent state action to rehabilitate the road and restore the PNH’s capacity to intervene. The stakes are immense, as these businesses support over 2,500 direct jobs and nearly 160,000 indirect jobs. Furthermore, the suspension of the Barbancourt Foundation’s services leaves over 1,500 patients without care. Currently, violent clashes continue between gang coalitions such as “400 Mawozo” and “Chen Mechan” for control of the region’s economic resources.
