Play nice, or no clean drinking water

For the sake of political maneuverability, the United States has delayed the delivery of $54 million to Haiti--a sum intended for the country's ailing drinking water infrastructure--for several years.  

Nearly 70% of Haitians lack direct access to clean drinking water.  Human Rights groups have strongly criticized the US's impediments as 

"egregious...malfeasance."  The objective was to gain a foothold in the Haitian government--calling on those vying for power during and in between the presidencies of Jean-Bertrand Aristide to broker a deal satisfactory to the United States.