Hope and Change

Haitian political alliance

* Democratic Alternative
* Democratic Way
* Haitian Tèt Kale Party

* Centrism
* Democratization
* Liberal democracy
* Anti-establishment
* Anti-government sentiment
* Anti-corruption

Factions
* Anarchism
* Christian conservatism
* Democracy
* Deregulation
* Environmentalism
* Federalism
* Feminism
* Libertarianism
* Nationalism
* Republicanism
* Populism
* Progressivism
* Social democracy
* Anti-globalisation]
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* Political parties

**Hope and Change** (Haitian Creole: *Lespwa ak Chanje*, French: *Espoir et Changement*, Spanish: *Esperanza y Cambio*) formerly known as the **Opposition Bloc for Democracy and Resistance** is a Haitian political alliance and former insurgent militia that serves as the opposition to the KND-PUSD. Founded in 2010 as the **Opposition Bloc for Democracy and Resistance**, the organization served as an unofficial alliance between numerous resistance and anti-government groups and politicians. The group was led by networks of underground organizations that would loosely unite to achieve reform in Haiti. The party was legalized on October 29, 2023 by the Haitian government and is the only other legal political party or alliance in Haiti. They are currently in opposition hold 105 out of 250 seats in the Haitian Parliament.

Founded in 2010 as the **Opposition Bloc for Democracy and Resistance** Its original founders include Javier Rios and Jean Filipe Mathieu, the latter of which is a member of the ruling Mathieu family. Hope and Change is a big tent alliance that features predominantly centrists, but also includes those on both the far-left and far-right. The party officially declares itself as an anti-government, anti-Mathieu family party and does not align itself with any political ideology. This is done to balance the opposing factions within the party and avoid the collapse of the entire party, causing a splinter in the opposition. They seek to challenge the KND-PUSD and serve as a true opposition unlike the many parties that have attempted to serve as alternatives to the KND in the past. They also hope to become a ruling party and maintain its democratic ideals unlike the KND, who started out as a pro-democracy party before coming into power in 1971. It is often considered a centrist party aligned with pro-Democracy and classical liberalism and anti-corruption ideals. They also tend to favor friendlier relationships with the United States and greater economic cooperation with the world. Mathieu has called for an end to back door deal with drug cartels in Port-au-Prince, who control portions of the city.

In the first election, Hope and Change outperformed expectations winning 105 seats out of the 250 seats in the Haitian Parliament.

## History

### Militant origins

Main article: 2010–2017 Haitian insurgency
Hope and Change was founded in 2010 as the Opposition Bloc for Democracy and Resistance annd the Free Haiti Now and served as an armed insurgent anti-government militia in Port-au-Prince. The group quickly took over in rural regions of the country and began taking over portions of the country. The insurgency lasted from 2010 until 2017, and at its peak the group controlled two of the ten departments in Haiti. During their rule in Haiti, the group was infamous for drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, human trafficking, extortion, theft, and corruption.

### Ceasefire & Moderation in the 2020s

In 2017 a ceasefire was enacted between the leadership of the Opposition Bloc and the Haitian government that would allow for the group to become legitimized as a political party.