<Tr> <Th> Haiti </Th> <Th> United States </Th> </Tr> <P> Haiti--United States relations are bilateral relations between Haiti and the United States . </P> <P> According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 79% of Haitians approve of U.S. leadership, with 18% disapproving and 3% uncertain, the highest rating for any surveyed country in the Americas . </P> <P> Because of Haiti's location, Haiti has the potential to affect the stability of the Caribbean and Latin America and is therefore strategically important to the United States . Historically, the United States viewed Haiti as a counterbalance to Communist Cuba . Haiti's potential as a trading partner and an actor in the drug trade makes the nation strategically important to the United States . Moreover, both nations are tied by a large Haitian diaspora residing in the United States . </P>

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