Little by little, Port-au-Prince, the political and economic capital, is sinking. There has not yet been a rout comparable to the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul. But meter by meter, Viv Ansanm is eating away at territory. The UN estimates that this coalition controls 80% of the capital. The government of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, like those of Garry Conille, Ariel Henry, and Claude Joseph, continues to cede territory—spaces that are supposed to be under its authority, under its responsibility. The executive has abandoned its seat for nearly a year. At Champs de Mars, the National Palace, like the FAD’H headquarters, is in the red zone—an encircled, besieged zone. The Court of Cassation and the Superior Court of Accounts (CSC/CA) have also "moved."

The executive’s seat is now at the Villa d’Accueil, on the borders of Pétion-Ville, which has become an isolated island, surrounded on all sides. The national television station is just a few blocks from the VAR, near Delmas 30. Further north of TNH, in Delmas, lies Toussaint Louverture International Airport, the PNH headquarters, and the MMAS barracks. In Tabarre and Pernier, the PNH and FAD’H have bases that are either considered encircled or in hostile territory. The resistance of police officers and soldiers—heroic as it may be—is nevertheless wrapped in something that borders on the miraculous.