Updated: US rebuffs Haiti troops request after President’s assassination
Updated: 7pm, 11th July (AEST)Washington DC, US/Port-au-Prince, AfghanistanReuters The United States on Friday rebuffed Haiti’s request for troops to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise by suspected foreign mercenaries, even as it pledged to help with the investigation. The killing of Moise by a squad of gunmen in the early […]
“Stay home, stay safe”: Haitian Americans fret for relatives trapped by turmoil
New York City, USReuters At Radio Soleil, the usual playlist of pulsing Haitian ‘compas’ dance music has been replaced this week with more somber tunes and political analysis as listeners across the diaspora reel from the shock of Haiti President Jovenel Moise’s assassination. Broadcasting from the station’s small Brooklyn storefront, director Ricot Dupuy has fielded […]
Updated: Haiti says 26 Colombians, two Haitian Americans among group that killed President
Updated: 12pm (AEST)Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters A heavily armed commando unit that assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise was composed of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans, authorities said on Thursday, as the hunt went on for the masterminds of the killing. Moise, 53, was fatally shot early on Wednesday at his home by what officials said was […]
US condemns “heinous” assassination of Haitian leader, says it is ready to help
Washington DC, USReuters US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was shocked by the “heinous” assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise and wounding of his wife in their home, and administration officials said Washington was to ready help investigate what happened. Moise, 53, was shot dead and his wife Martine left in critical condition after […]
Haitian President assassinated at home, sparking fears of widespread turmoil
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in a “barbaric act”, the government said on Wednesday, stirring fears of escalating turmoil in the impoverished Caribbean nation. The assassination coincided with a wave of gang violence in Port-au-Prince as armed groups have battled with police and […]
Haiti: Surge in violence rattles Caribbean nation as poverty, fear deepens
EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO, of Associated Press, report from Haiti where an incident in which a pastor and three parishioners were kidnapped during a livestreamed Easter service is just one of the latest in an escalating trend for violence in the impoverished Caribbean nation…