July 7, 2021 Haiti’s president assassinated
3 years, 6 months ago

July 7, 2021 Haiti’s president assassinated

CNN  

To mark the ten-year anniversary of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, CNN’s Caitlin Hu last year interviewed Moise about the future of his presidency amid corruption allegations. Here’s a look back at what he had to say in 2020: On the image of Haiti in the world today: “I will tell you the truth: The image that we have today of Haiti, there are countries that discourage their citizens from coming to Haiti due to political trouble and turbulence…I know we need unity, solidarity, to learn to live together. The state has been captured by corrupt oligarchs …and they use what I would call subterfuges to make people believe in them and to control public opinion. “I will stay my course, my battle against corruption is a battle without mercy, it is a battle to liberate the state from the laws of a few corrupt oligarchs to put the state to the service of the Haitian people, to make the state work for the wellbeing of the people and it’s toward that end that we have made reforms that will bring us all the growth that we want.

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Haiti faces further turmoil as PM says only he can appoint leadership council
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Haiti faces further turmoil as PM says only he can appoint leadership council

The Independent  

✕ Close Haiti: Hundreds of inmates escape after armed gangs storm prison The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and …

Haiti Doesn’t Have a Single Elected Official Left. Where Does the Country Go From Here?
55 years ago

Haiti Doesn’t Have a Single Elected Official Left. Where Does the Country Go From Here?

Slate  

This article was originally featured in Foreign Policy, the magazine of global politics and ideas. The United States has supported this decision, and is now advocating for a new “political transition” in Haiti without the support of Henry, contradicting previous statements made by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti and the Organization of American States. However, the proposal remains …

Haiti extends state of emergency as violence and displacement soar
10 months ago

Haiti extends state of emergency as violence and displacement soar

Al Jazeera  

A new wave of gang violence has destroyed police stations as residents in the capital, Port-au-Prince, are forced to flee. This week, the head of the powerful G9 Haitian gang alliance, Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, warned, “If Ariel Henry doesn’t resign, if the international community continues to support him, we’ll be heading straight for a civil war that will lead to …

Haiti’s political crisis worsens as Senate terms expire
2 years ago

Haiti’s political crisis worsens as Senate terms expire

Al Jazeera  

The deepening political crisis in Haiti has come into renewed focus as the country’s only remaining senators saw their terms expire overnight, an alarming development in a country beset by surging gang violence and instability. The country’s de facto leader, interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry, whom Moise chose for the post just days before he was killed, has faced a …

Haiti left without elected lawmakers as senators’ terms expire
2 years ago

Haiti left without elected lawmakers as senators’ terms expire

LA Times  

A protester carries a piece of wood carved like a weapon during an October protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “It’s a very grim situation,” said Alex Dupuy, a Haitian-born sociologist at Wesleyan University, “one of the worst crises that Haiti has had since the Duvalier dictatorship.” The bloody rule …

Explained | What is happening in Haiti and why has the UN called for a rapid action force?
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | What is happening in Haiti and why has the UN called for a rapid action force?

The Hindu  

The story so far: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has sent a letter to the UN Security Council calling for a multinational “rapid action force" led by a member state to help Haiti’s police control widespread gang violence, which has killed hundreds of people in recent months. Violence by armed gangs is raging in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and …

Haiti at breaking point as economy tanks and violence soars
2 years, 3 months ago

Haiti at breaking point as economy tanks and violence soars

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Daily life in Haiti began …

Haiti’s struggle has worsened in the year since the slaying of its president
2 years, 6 months ago

Haiti’s struggle has worsened in the year since the slaying of its president

LA Times  

Supporters of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse erect a sign of him that reads “The purse of the people must remain with the people. A year has passed since Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his private home where an elite security team was supposed to protect him. It’s a fight to survive,” said Hector Duval, a plumber who …

Haiti faces more instability as Moise’s term officially ends
2 years, 11 months ago

Haiti faces more instability as Moise’s term officially ends

Al Jazeera  

End of slain Haitian president’s term is marked by political deadlock and concerns over more potential violence. Haitians are bracing for more violence and instability, as assassinated President Jovenel Moise’s term in office has officially come to an end but the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation appears no closer to a political transition. “Our country cannot continue to live that way.” Haiti …

Haiti earthquake: Is the world doing enough?
3 years, 4 months ago

Haiti earthquake: Is the world doing enough?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, August 25 at 19:30GMT: The number of dead in Haiti keeps climbing after a huge earthquake hit the poorest country in the Americas earlier this month. The official death toll sits at 2,207 people, though experts say it could be much higher. It was also still recovering from a previous devastating earthquake that killed more than 100,000 people …

Haiti PM vows to work to hold elections ‘as quickly as possible’
3 years, 5 months ago

Haiti PM vows to work to hold elections ‘as quickly as possible’

Al Jazeera  

Haiti’s newly sworn-in interim prime minister has said his government plans to work to allow the Caribbean nation to hold elections “as quickly as possible” after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise plunged the country into deeper political uncertainty. Ariel Henry, who was confirmed as prime minister in a ceremony in Port-au-Prince last week, said on Wednesday that “the mission …

Haiti installs new leader as country mourns slain president
3 years, 5 months ago

Haiti installs new leader as country mourns slain president

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s government installed a new prime minister on Tuesday, while officials mourned assassinated President Jovenel Moïse and arrested at least three police officers implicated in his killing. Designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry was sworn in to replace interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who assumed leadership of Haiti with the backing of police and the military after the …

Amid political crisis, Haiti appoints new prime minister
3 years, 5 months ago

Amid political crisis, Haiti appoints new prime minister

Al Jazeera  

Haiti has appointed a new prime minister, less than two weeks after President Jovenel Moise’s assassination threw the deeply divided Caribbean nation into greater political uncertainty. The country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph said earlier this week that he would step down “for the good of the nation” after a key group of international diplomats on Saturday came out in …

What is really behind the crisis in Haiti?
3 years, 5 months ago

What is really behind the crisis in Haiti?

Al Jazeera  

One cannot understand what is going on in Haiti without considering its long history of violent foreign intervention. A New York Times editorial described the event in a similar vein stating, “An already turbulent political landscape in Haiti threatened to descend into further chaos on Thursday as a power struggle between two competing prime ministers stoked tensions after the assassination …

Haiti and its 200 years of bad luck
3 years, 6 months ago

Haiti and its 200 years of bad luck

India Today  

If there are three calamities constant to Haiti, they have to be: earthquake devastation, hurricane wreckage and political mayhem. And when President Moise died with 12 bullets in his body, he was not the first ruler of Haiti to have died a violent death; he became merely the latest. For the next 200 years, Haiti saw governments and leaders come …

Haiti in upheaval: President Moïse assassinated at home
3 years, 6 months ago

Haiti in upheaval: President Moïse assassinated at home

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and protests of his increasingly authoritarian rule. The parties added that they hope the National …

Key events in the history of Haiti
3 years, 6 months ago

Key events in the history of Haiti

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Dec. 6. Jan. 1, 1804 — Following a lengthy slave revolt and war of independence, the former French colony officially becomes Haiti — the world’s first Black-led republic and the second independent republic in the Americas after the U.S. April 17, 1825 — France finally recognizes Haiti’s independence — but demands 90 million gold francs in compensation. …

Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home, official says
3 years, 6 months ago

Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home, official says

Live Mint  

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his residence, the country’s interim prime minister said on Wednesday, plunging the unstable Caribbean nation into fresh political turmoil. A group of assailants entered the residence toward 1 a.m. local time on Wednesday, shooting the president and wounding the first lady, who has been hospitalized, Prime Minister Claude Joseph told …

July 7, 2021 Haiti’s president assassinated
3 years, 6 months ago

July 7, 2021 Haiti’s president assassinated

CNN  

To mark the ten-year anniversary of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, CNN’s Caitlin Hu last year interviewed Moise about the future of his presidency amid corruption allegations. Here’s a look back at what he had to say in 2020: On the image of Haiti in the world today: “I will tell you the truth: The image that we have …

Haiti’s turbulent political history – a timeline
3 years, 6 months ago

Haiti’s turbulent political history – a timeline

Al Jazeera  

Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean’s first independent state of the colonial era and the first Black-led republic when it threw off French rule in the 19th century. Here are some key events in Haiti’s political history: 1492 – Spain colonises the island of Hispaniola after the arrival of Christopher Columbus. 1957 – Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier takes power …

Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse Is Assassinated, Shocking The Unstable Nation
3 years, 6 months ago

Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse Is Assassinated, Shocking The Unstable Nation

NPR  

Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse Is Assassinated, Shocking The Unstable Nation Enlarge this image toggle caption Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit Jovenel Moïse, Haiti's embattled president who thrust the country into deeper political turmoil during his tumultuous one term in office, was assassinated overnight at his private residence, according to the country's acting prime …

Haiti delays constitutional referendum to September
3 years, 6 months ago

Haiti delays constitutional referendum to September

CNN  

Port-au-Prince CNN — Haiti will hold a constitutional referendum on Sept. 26, the same date as presidential and legislative elections, authorities said, after postponing the date twice in part because of the pandemic, an official calendar showed Monday. Violence has spiked in the capital Port-au-Prince in recent weeks as rival groups battle with one another or the police for control …

What is happening in Haiti, where political crisis persists?
3 years, 10 months ago

What is happening in Haiti, where political crisis persists?

Al Jazeera  

Opposition and civil society leaders say President Jovenel Moise’s term is over. Opposition leaders are disputing the mandate of President Jovenel Moise, whose term most legal experts and civil society groups have said ended on February 7. Several Haitian civil society groups and intellectuals also urged Moise to leave office this month, while the Episcopal Conference has said, “No one …

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