I'm going to add onto my post and say this, this black erasure is what ya'll Haitians get for trying to larp as Latinos; Haitians are not culturally, linguistically, or historically Latino, that's why Dominicans get recognized as Latinos but Haitians don't. The key difference is that Haiti was a FRENCH colony, so its language & culture developed around French & Haitian Creole, not Spanish.
By contrast, 🇩🇴Dominicans come from the Spanish-speaking side of the same island (Hispanola), with deep Spanish colonial roots, language, and traditions.
🇨🇺Cubans was a Spanish colony for centuries; Spanish language, culture, and history tie them directly to Latin America.
🇵🇷Puerto Rico was another former Spanish colony with strong Spanish linguistic and cultural foundations (even under U.S. territory today).
🇧🇷Brazilians are included because Brazil was colonized by Portugal, even though they speak Portuguese instead of Spanish, the broader "Latino" or "Latin American" category usually covers people from countries in the Americas where Romance languages (Spanish or Portuguese) took root after Iberian colonization.
The term "Latino" is mainly tied to that shared Spanish/Portuguese colonial history in Latin America, which is why Haiti with its French colonial background is typically left out of that label, even though it's geographically in the Caribbean. Latino is not a race, I’ll say it again, Latino is not a race; there are white, black, mestizo, & indigenous Latinos, but in the U.S., the term 'Latino' has gotten heavily racialized to mostly mean mestizo or 'brown' people.
Afro-Latinos from places like Brazil, Cuba, Panama, and other Latin American countries are recognized as Afro-Latinos because they come from Spanish or Portuguese-speaking cultures, Haitians don’t have that, they speak Haitian Creole (with French roots), which isn’t tied to Latin culture the same way. On top of that, Latin/South America is very anti-Black, Afro-Latinos & indigenous people face heavy discrimination from white and mestizo Latinos. Haitians are still predominantly African, both genetically & culturally, a lot of Haitians are 95-99% sub-saharan African, if they pushed hard to be seen as Latino, they would run into a lot of 'mestizaje' supremacy, colorism, and anti-blackness that a lot of Haitians probably aren’t ready to deal with. Haitians might say "but Haiti is geographically in Latin America", that is true but people also focus on culture, language, & history, and Haiti is not culturally, linguistically, or historically Latino. There is a huge stigma around of African descent in Latin America, many people believe in 'mejora la raza' (better the race) & blanqueamiento, being of African descent is still largely looked down upon, so the last thing most Latin countries want to do is include or graft Haitians who are 90% African on average into the 'Latino' fold, Dominicans especially will not stand for that, that's the unfortunate truth.
The overwhelming majority of Haitians do not look like these people, 99% of Haiti's population are unambiguously black & darkskin, this is blatant colorism & black erasure. Next time, show us actual Haitians because this is giving Dominican Republic.