Tag: Haiti

• Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:05 UTC

  The mysterious killing of Haiti president Jovenel Moïse

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – The presidential dogs were still alive, which meant that something was very wrong with the official explanation of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on July 7. In very poor countries even moderately prosperous people whose houses contain things worth stealing usually have large dogs, and those dogs are trained to attack intruders.

• Monday, July 12th 2021 - 12:00 UTC

  Another Colombian arrested in connection with killing of Haiti president

  

  Haiti's National Police (PNH) Sunday announced the arrest of yet another former Colombian serviceman in connection with the killing of President Jovenel Moïse last Wednesday.

• Monday, July 12th 2021 - 08:05 UTC

  Haiti's Senate appoints interim president and fuels domestic disputes

  

  Haiti's Senate has appointed Speaker Joseph Lambert as interim president following the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and denied Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph was in charge of the country, despite endorsement from the United States and the United Nations.

• Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Retired Colombia military allegedly involved in killing of Haitian president

  

  Colombia's Defense Minister Diego Molano Thursday confirmed Interpol had requested information about retired military personnel who were allegedly involved in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Haitian police kills 4, arrest 2 other suspects of president's assassination

  

  Haitian police chief Léon Charles announced late on Wednesday that four of the alleged assassins of President Jovenel Moïse had been gunned down by law enforcement officers, while two others had been arrested.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 19:35 UTC

  Haitian President Moïse shot dead by “foreigners who spoke Spanish and English”

  

  Unidentified gunmen have shot Haitian President Jovenel Moïse dead at his private residence in Port-au-Prince overnight on Wednesday, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said.

• Wednesday, February 10th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  US deeply concerned with Haiti's fragile institutions

  

  The United States is “deeply concerned” about Haiti's fragile institutions after fresh political turmoil engulfed the volatile Caribbean nation over the weekend and the government of President Jovenel Moise forcibly retired three Supreme Court judges who posed a threat to his leadership.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:13 UTC

  Haiti still waiting for Swiss courts to free funds stolen by dictators, more than thirty years on

  

  More than 30 years after the overthrow of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti is still waiting to get back the fortune that the dictator and his family deposited in Switzerland. The delay is down to legal intrigues being played out in the Swiss courts.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 04:35 UTC

  End to UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti: political and social instability remain

  

  The UN Security Council ended 15 years of peacekeeping operations in Haiti on Tuesday, voicing regret that the country is still saddled with huge economic, political and social woes. The United Nations first sent peacekeepers to Haiti after then-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown by the army in 2004 under the pressure of a popular uprising.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Corruption remains mainly unchanged in the Americas, according to Transparency International

  

  With an average score of 44 for three consecutive years, the Americas region continues to fail in making any serious inroads against corruption, according to the latest report from Transparency International. Compared to other regions, the Americas is similar to Asia Pacific (average score: 44), but behind Western Europe and the European Union (average score: 66).