Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early Wednesday in an attack at their home, the interim prime minister announced, an act that risks further destabilizing the Caribbean nation beset by gang violence and political volatility. Claude Joseph said he was now in charge of the country and urged the public to […]
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15 killed in suspected revenge attacks in Haiti: police
At least 15 people, including a journalist and an opposition activist, were killed in Haiti in overnight violence suspected to be revenge attacks after the death of a police officer, officials said Wednesday. Photographs of reporter Diego Charles lying dead on the ground and of political activist Antoinette Duclair dead in her car circulated on […]
Haiti tense after unpopular fuel price hike
AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL Barricades placed by demonstrators are seen on the streets of Petion Ville, in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, to protest the increase in fuel prices Roadblocks went up in protest and gunshots sounded in the capital of impoverished Haiti Friday, ahead of a fuel price rise to comply with an International Monetary […]