Haiti

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

Jul 29, 2021 04:15

Haiti's newly-appointed Prime Minister Ariel Henry says his government plans to establish conditions for holding long-delayed elections as soon as possible, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month, which threw the already-troubled Caribbean nation into further political chaos.
Haiti police arrest assassinated president’s top security official

Jul 27, 2021 09:40

Police in Haiti have arrested the late President Jovenel Moise’s security coordinator as a suspect in the case of his assassination earlier this month.
US delegation flees Haiti after gunshots fired at Moise’s funeral

Jul 24, 2021 01:56

The delegation US President Joe Biden sent to Haiti to attend the funeral of assassinated President Jovenel Moïse has fled the country after gunshots were fired outside the ceremony location.
At least seven Colombians in Haiti assassination received US training

Jul 23, 2021 14:58

Eighteen former Colombian soldiers are currently being held in Haiti in connection with Jovenel Moïse’s assassination, including some who previously served in elite Colombian special operations units. New details on their involvement in the assassination continue to break by the day.
Haiti swears in new prime minister after US-linked assassination of former leader

Jul 21, 2021 11:56

Haiti has formally appointed Ariel Henry as its new prime minister following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise two weeks ago, which threw the already-troubled Caribbean country into further political chaos.
US plots to assassinate leaders while accusing others of kidnapping ops: Zarif

Jul 16, 2021 14:32

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the US government is involved in hatching assassination plots against the leaders of certain countries while accusing others of kidnapping operations to conceal its criminal acts.
Suspected assassins of Haitian president trained by US, linked to pro-coup oligarchy

Jul 15, 2021 15:57

As the investigation into Moïse’s murder unfolds, the U.S. is laying the groundwork to deploy troops into Haiti for the fourth time in 106 years, at the request of a figure it has spent decades grooming.
Haiti assassination raises red flags among observers fluent in history of US intervention

Jul 14, 2021 09:59

In the wake of assassination of Jovenel Moïse, the unpopular, corrupt, and increasingly authoritarian U.S.-backed Haitian president, observers fluent in the history of foreign interference in the hemisphere's first truly free republic sounded the alarm over the same sort of calls for intervention in the name of "stability" that preceded so many previous American invasions of Haiti.
Haiti police arrest Florida doctor suspected of masterminding Moise’s assassination

Jul 12, 2021 08:12

Haitian police have arrested a third American in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, saying that he masterminded the operation last week in a plot to install him as president of the Caribbean nation.
US says rejected Haiti’s request amid suspicion of role in assassination

Jul 10, 2021 12:12

The United States says it rejected a request from Haiti's government to deploy troops in the Caribbean country after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise even as Washington is under suspicion for the involvement of two Americans.