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Slain Haitian leader’s widow blames political enemies as power struggle intensifies

Slain Haitian leader’s widow blames political enemies as power struggle intensifies

ANDRE PAULTRE and SARAH MARSH THE widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise has accused shadowy enemies of organizing his assassination to stop democratic change, as a struggle for power intensified in the Caribbean country. Moise was gunned down before dawn at his Port-au-Prince home by what Haitian authorities said was a unit of trained assassins comprised of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans. Doubts have grown, though, about that narrative, with families of at least two of the Colombians saying they had been hired as bodyguards. Martine Moise, who was wounded in the attack on the president's private residence…
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Rival Haitian leaders battle for power after president’s assassination

Rival Haitian leaders battle for power after president’s assassination

ANDRE PAULTRE and SARAH MARSH A power struggle is brewing in Haiti as the man appointed prime minister shortly before the assassination of Haiti's president this week said he - not the acting premier - should lead the Caribbean nation and was forming a government to that effect. Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon who was named prime minister by President Jovenel Moise on Monday, two days before Moise was killed by a squad of gunmen in his home in the capital, Port-au-Prince, said he was now the highest authority in Haiti, not interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph. "After the president's assassination,…
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Haiti police seize more suspects in president’s killing

Haiti police seize more suspects in president’s killing

ANDRE PAULTRE and ROBENSON SANON HAITI’S police seized at least two more suspected members of the gang of assassins that killed President Jovenel Moise, following a fierce battle that left bullets strewn in the streets of the capital. Hundreds of residents clamoured outside the police station where suspects were being held in Port-au-Prince, shouting "burn them" and setting fire to a vehicle they presumed was that of the assassins, according to footage streamed by Haitian media outlets. Moise, 53, was shot dead early on Wednesday at his home by what officials said was a commando of trained killers, pitching the…
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