Haiti installs new leader as country mourns slain president<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claude said the phone calls in question were made at 4:03 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. on July 7, adding that evidence shows the suspect, Joseph Badio, was in the vicinity of Mo\u00efse\u2019s home at that time. Badio once worked for Haiti\u2019s Ministry of Justice and at the government\u2019s anti-corruption unit until he was fired in May amid accusations of violating unspecified ethical rules.<\/p>\n<p>In the two-page document, Claude said that the calls lasted a total of seven minutes and that Henry was at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince at the time. The prosecutor also noted a government official tweeted last month that Henry told him he never spoke with Badio.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Justice Minister Rockfeller Vincent ordered the chief of Haiti's National Police to boost security for Claude because Claude had received \u201cimportant and disturbing\u201d threats in the past five days.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Concannon, an adviser for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, said he did not expect much to change despite the appointment of a new prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of this is theatre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Concannon noted that the assassination case is in the hands of Judge Garry Or\u00e9lien and that he can decide whether to pursue an investigation of Henry even if the new prosecutor advises otherwise. He said the judge has three months to determine whether to take action.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Fatton, a Haitian politics expert at the University of Virginia, said there was clearly a power struggle within the government between Henry and those who supported Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a very confusing situation, a power struggle at the moment, and we will see who will win it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not clear where we are going, and it\u2019s not clear what the international community thinks about everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5992720\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//17//haiti-quake-death-toll-rises-to-1-419-injured-now-at-6-000/">Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,941, injured now at 9,900<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In recent days, Haiti's ombudsman-like Office of Citizen Protection announced it was demanding that Henry step down and asked that the international community stop supporting him.<\/p>\n<p>Henry has not specifically addressed the issue in public, although during a meeting with politicians and civil society leaders on Saturday, he said he is committed to helping stabilise Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest assured that no distraction, no summons or invitation, no maneuver, no threat, no rear-guard combat, no aggression will distract me from my mission,\u201d Henry said. \u201cThe real culprits, the intellectual authors and coauthor and sponsor of the assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse will be found and brought to justice and punished for their crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00efse had appointed Henry as prime minister shortly before he was killed at his home in an attack that also seriously wounded his wife, Martine Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 suspects have been arrested in the case, including 18 former Colombian soldiers. 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A new judge has been assigned.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1631678891,"publishedAt":1631679593,"updatedAt":1631679597,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/09\/15\/haiti-prosecutor-seeks-to-charge-pm-in-killing-is-replaced","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/07\/11\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1555a5fe-3cc3-5f51-b23e-e41f2f5831cd-6071166.jpg","altText":"Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry (C) in front of a portrait of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at the National Pantheon Museum Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 20, 2021.","caption":"Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry (C) in front of a portrait of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at the National Pantheon Museum Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 20, 2021.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Joseph Odelyn","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5184,"height":3456}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":138,"slug":"haiti","urlSafeValue":"haiti","title":"Haiti","titleRaw":"Haiti"},{"id":10603,"slug":"haitian-politics","urlSafeValue":"haitian-politics","title":"Haitian politics","titleRaw":"Haitian politics"},{"id":8281,"slug":"earthquake-in-haiti","urlSafeValue":"earthquake-in-haiti","title":"Earthquake in Haiti","titleRaw":"Earthquake in Haiti"}],"related":[{"id":1666560},{"id":1700606},{"id":1791898}],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"AP","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"My Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"},{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":138,"urlSafeValue":"haiti","title":"Haiti","url":"\/news\/america\/haiti"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2021\/09\/15\/haiti-prosecutor-seeks-to-charge-pm-in-killing-is-replaced","lastModified":1631679597},{"id":1641290,"cid":6004488,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"210823_WBSU_42238098","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'neg_facebook_2021','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_facebook','neg_facebook_neg1','neg_saudiaramco','gt_negative','neg_mobkoi_fb-weareonit_fs_28feb2019','gv_crime','neg_nespresso','gt_negative_anger','gv_death_injury','gs_society','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','gs_science','gs_society_charity','gt_negative_sadness'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Helicopters used in earthquake-hit Haiti as gangs block aid deliveries","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Helicopters used in earthquake-hit Haiti as gangs block aid deliveries","titleListing2":"Helicopters used in earthquake-hit Haiti as gangs block aid deliveries","leadin":"The August 14 earthquake killed more than 2,200 people","summary":"The August 14 earthquake killed more than 2,200 people","keySentence":null,"url":"helicopters-used-in-earthquake-hit-haiti-as-gangs-block-aid-deliveries","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Aid agencies are using helicopters to deliver vital supplies in earthquake-hit Haiti after criminal gangs stopped help getting through. \n\nThe disaster on August 14 killed more than 2,200 people and damaged or destroyed more than 50,000 homes on the Caribbean island, according to Haiti's civil protection agency. \n\nBut the relief effort has been hampered by the insecurity that affects much of the country, with gangs preventing aid from reaching those who need it most. \n\nGangs have blocked roads, hijacked aid trucks and stolen supplies, forcing relief workers to transport supplies by helicopter. In places, desperate crowds have scuffled over bags of food. \n\nA local woman displaced by the earthquake said: \"The situation is not good.\" \n\n\"It is raining, the sun is beating us. There is not a person who is living well. 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In places, desperate crowds have scuffled over bags of food.<\/p>\n<p>A local woman displaced by the earthquake said: \"The situation is not good.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"It is raining, the sun is beating us. There is not a person who is living well. We all want to be back in our homes.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5999428\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//21//fighting-breaks-out-over-aid-distribution-after-haiti-earthquake/">Fighting breaks out over aid distribution after Haiti earthquake<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A gang leader is offering a truce as well as help for communities devastated by the disaster, raising a glimmer of hope for relief operations that have been disrupted by the looting of aid trucks and other 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We are suffering, we can't find food to eat. When the truck arrives with the food the police don't want to distribute it.\" \n\nSimilar events appeared to take place in the small town of Vye Terre near Les Cayes. \n\nThe frustration over the pace of aid distribution has been rising for days and has been illustrated by the growing number of people gathering at aid distribution sites. \n\nIn a televised address, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said the government was trying to improve its response. \n\n\"We have learned lessons from the management of the humanitarian crisis of 2010,\" claimed Henry. \"That is why my government has decided to coordinate the response to today's emergencies through a single body: the civil protection agency.\" \n\nThe deputy secretary-general of the United Nations visited Les Cayes on Friday. \n\nAmina J. 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When the truck arrives with the food the police don't want to distribute it.\"<\/p>\n<p>Similar events appeared to take place in the small town of Vye Terre near Les Cayes.<\/p>\n<p>The frustration over the pace of aid distribution has been rising for days and has been illustrated by the growing number of people gathering at aid distribution sites.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5995790,5987342\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//18//haiti-earthquake-large-scale-aid-yet-to-reach-remote-areas-where-people-don-t-have-anythin/">Haiti earthquake: Large-scale aid yet to reach remote areas where people 'don't have anything'<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//16//strong-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-haiti/">Haiti earthquake death toll rises to nearly 1,300<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In a televised address, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said the government was trying to improve its response.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have learned lessons from the management of the humanitarian crisis of 2010,\" claimed Henry. \"That is why my government has decided to coordinate the response to today's emergencies through a single body: the civil protection agency.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1428884808202035206\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations visited Les Cayes on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Amina J. 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Aid was slowly trickling in to help the thousands who were left homeless. \n\nAngry crowds massed at collapsed buildings, demanding tarps to create temporary shelters that were needed more than ever after Tropical Storm Grace brought heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday, compounding the impoverished Caribbean nation's misery. \n\nOne of the first food deliveries by local authorities \u2014 a couple dozen boxes of rice and pre-measured, bagged meal kits \u2014 reached a tent encampment set up in one of the poorest areas of Les Cayes, where most of the warren's one-story, cinderblock, tin-roofed homes were damaged or destroyed by Saturday's quake. \n\nBut the shipment was clearly insufficient for the hundreds who have lived under tents and tarps for five days. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not enough, but we\u2019ll do everything we can to make sure everybody gets at least something,\u201d said Vladimir Martino, a representative of the camp who took charge of the precious cargo for distribution. \n\nGerda Francoise, 24, was one of dozens who lined up in the wilting heat in hopes of receiving food. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to get, but I need something to take back to my tent,\u201d said Francoise. \u201cI have a child.\u201d \n\nOn Tuesday night, Haiti\u2019s Civil Protection Agency put the number of deaths from Saturday\u2019s earthquake at 1,941. It also said 9,900 were injured, many of whom waited for hours outside in the stifling heat for medical assistance. \n\nForeign aid was arriving, but slowly. U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews concentrated on the most urgent task, ferrying the injured to less-stressed medical facilities. A U.S. Navy amphibious warship, the USS Arlington, was expected to head for Haiti on Wednesday with a surgical team and landing craft. \n\nVolunteers found the body of a man in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Les Cayes, where the stench of death hung in the tropical heat. \n\nOfficials said the magnitude 7.2 earthquake destroyed more than 7,000 homes and damaged nearly 5,000, leaving about 30,000 families homeless. Hospitals, schools, offices and churches also were demolished or badly damaged. \n\nThe quake wiped out many of the sources of food and income that many of the poor depend on for survival in Haiti, which is already struggling with the coronavirus, gang violence and the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse. \n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have anything. Even the (farm) animals are gone. They were killed by the rockslides,\u201d said Elize Civil, 30, a farmer in the village of Fleurant, near the quake\u2019s epicenter. \n\nCivil's village and many of those in the hard-hit Nippes province depend on livestock such as goats, cows and chickens for much of their income, said Christy Delafield, who works with the U.S.-based relief organization Mercy Corps. The group is considering cash distributions to allow residents to continue buying local products from small local businesses that are vital to their communities. \n\nLarge-scale aid has not yet reached many areas, and one dilemma for donors is that pouring huge amounts of staple foods purchased abroad could, in the long run, hurt local producers. \n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want to flood the area with a lot of products coming in from off the island,\u201d Delafield said. She said aid efforts must also take a longer view for areas like Nippes, which has been hit in recent years by ever-stronger cyclical droughts and soil erosion. Support for adapting farming practices to the new climate reality \u2014 with less reliable rainfall and more tropical storms \u2014 is vital, she said. \n\n\u201cThe drought, followed by the earthquake, followed by the storm has caused the soil to be stripped,\u201d Delafield said. \n\nAt the public hospital in L\u2019Asile, deep in a remote stretch of countryside in the southwest, people were arriving from isolated villages with broken arms and legs. \n\nHospital director Sonel Fevry said five such patients showed up Tuesday. Grinding poverty, poor roads and faith in natural medicine worsen the problems. \n\n\u201cWe do what we can, remove the necrotized tissue and give them antibiotics and try to get them a splint,\u201d Fevry said, adding that access to the facility by road is difficult and not everyone can make it. \n\nMercy Corps said about half of L'Asile's homes were destroyed and 90% were affected in some way. Most public buildings where people would normally shelter also were destroyed. \n\nThe obstetrics, pediatric and operating wing at the L\u2019Asile hospital collapsed, though everyone made it out. Despite the damage, the hospital was able to treat about 170 severely injured quake victims in improvised tents set up on the grounds of the facility. \n\nThe nearby countryside was devastated: In one 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch, not a single house, church, store or school was left standing. \n\nThe U.S. Geological Survey said a preliminary analysis of satellite imagery after the earthquake \u201crevealed at least 150 landslides west of the town of L\u2019Asile in D\u00e9partement des Nippes and hundreds of landslides in the mountains and south of Beaumont in Department de la Grand\u2019Anse.\u201d \n\nDr. Barth Green, President and co-founder of Project Medishare, an organization that has worked in Haiti since 1994 to improve health services, said among the most pressing needs was medical infrastructure. \n\n\u201cThe hospitals are all broken and collapsed, the operating rooms aren\u2019t functional, and then if you bring tents, it\u2019s hurricane season, they can blow right away,\u201d Green said. He was hopeful the U.S. military would establish a field hospital in the affected area. \n\nHe said the interim Haitian government was communicating well with them, \u201cbut there\u2019s no doubt that they\u2019re finding their way too.\u201d \n\n\"We have hundreds of medical volunteers, but the Haitian government tells us they don\u2019t need them. But we\u2019re still deploying along with other organizations,\u201d said Green, who is also the executive dean of Global Health and Community Service at the University of Miami. He sensed caution on the part of the government after bad experiences with outside aid following previous disasters. \n\nEtzer Emile, a Haitian economist and professor at Quisqueya University, a private institution in the capital of Port-au-Prince, said the disaster will increase Haitians' dependence on remittances from abroad and assistance from international nongovernmental groups, likely making the country even weaker. \n\n\u201cForeign aid unfortunately never helps in the long term,\" he said. \u201cThe southwest needs instead activities that can boost economic capacity for jobs and better social conditions.\u201d","htmlText":"<p>Pressure for a coordinated response to Haiti's deadly weekend earthquake mounted Wednesday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble and the injured continued to arrive from remote areas in search of medical care. Aid was slowly trickling in to help the thousands who were left homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Angry crowds massed at collapsed buildings, demanding tarps to create temporary shelters that were needed more than ever after Tropical Storm Grace brought heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday, compounding the impoverished Caribbean nation's misery.<\/p>\n<p>One of the first food deliveries by local authorities \u2014 a couple dozen boxes of rice and pre-measured, bagged meal kits \u2014 reached a tent encampment set up in one of the poorest areas of Les Cayes, where most of the warren's one-story, cinderblock, tin-roofed homes were damaged or destroyed by Saturday's quake.<\/p>\n<p>But the shipment was clearly insufficient for the hundreds who have lived under tents and tarps for five days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not enough, but we\u2019ll do everything we can to make sure everybody gets at least something,\u201d said Vladimir Martino, a representative of the camp who took charge of the precious cargo for distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Gerda Francoise, 24, was one of dozens who lined up in the wilting heat in hopes of receiving food. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to get, but I need something to take back to my tent,\u201d said Francoise. \u201cI have a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, Haiti\u2019s Civil Protection Agency put the number of deaths from Saturday\u2019s earthquake at 1,941. It also said 9,900 were injured, many of whom waited for hours outside in the stifling heat for medical assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign aid was arriving, but slowly. U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews concentrated on the most urgent task, ferrying the injured to less-stressed medical facilities. A U.S. Navy amphibious warship, the USS Arlington, was expected to head for Haiti on Wednesday with a surgical team and landing craft.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers found the body of a man in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Les Cayes, where the stench of death hung in the tropical heat.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5993832,5992720\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//17//haiti-quake-death-toll-rises-to-1-419-injured-now-at-6-000/">Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,941, injured now at 9,900<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//17//just-two-days-after-a-powerful-earthquake-haiti-is-swept-by-tropical-storm-grace/">Just two days after a powerful earthquake, Haiti is hit by tropical storm Grace.<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Officials said the magnitude 7.2 earthquake destroyed more than 7,000 homes and damaged nearly 5,000, leaving about 30,000 families homeless. Hospitals, schools, offices and churches also were demolished or badly damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The quake wiped out many of the sources of food and income that many of the poor depend on for survival in Haiti, which is already struggling with the coronavirus, gang violence and the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have anything. Even the (farm) animals are gone. They were killed by the rockslides,\u201d said Elize Civil, 30, a farmer in the village of Fleurant, near the quake\u2019s epicenter.<\/p>\n<p>Civil's village and many of those in the hard-hit Nippes province depend on livestock such as goats, cows and chickens for much of their income, said Christy Delafield, who works with the U.S.-based relief organization Mercy Corps. The group is considering cash distributions to allow residents to continue buying local products from small local businesses that are vital to their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Large-scale aid has not yet reached many areas, and one dilemma for donors is that pouring huge amounts of staple foods purchased abroad could, in the long run, hurt local producers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to flood the area with a lot of products coming in from off the island,\u201d Delafield said. She said aid efforts must also take a longer view for areas like Nippes, which has been hit in recent years by ever-stronger cyclical droughts and soil erosion. Support for adapting farming practices to the new climate reality \u2014 with less reliable rainfall and more tropical storms \u2014 is vital, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drought, followed by the earthquake, followed by the storm has caused the soil to be stripped,\u201d Delafield said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//VcO84e6n88w/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the public hospital in L\u2019Asile, deep in a remote stretch of countryside in the southwest, people were arriving from isolated villages with broken arms and legs.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital director Sonel Fevry said five such patients showed up Tuesday. Grinding poverty, poor roads and faith in natural medicine worsen the problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do what we can, remove the necrotized tissue and give them antibiotics and try to get them a splint,\u201d Fevry said, adding that access to the facility by road is difficult and not everyone can make it.<\/p>\n<p>Mercy Corps said about half of L'Asile's homes were destroyed and 90% were affected in some way. Most public buildings where people would normally shelter also were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The obstetrics, pediatric and operating wing at the L\u2019Asile hospital collapsed, though everyone made it out. Despite the damage, the hospital was able to treat about 170 severely injured quake victims in improvised tents set up on the grounds of the facility.<\/p>\n<p>The nearby countryside was devastated: In one 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch, not a single house, church, store or school was left standing.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Geological Survey said a preliminary analysis of satellite imagery after the earthquake \u201crevealed at least 150 landslides west of the town of L\u2019Asile in D\u00e9partement des Nippes and hundreds of landslides in the mountains and south of Beaumont in Department de la Grand\u2019Anse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Barth Green, President and co-founder of Project Medishare, an organization that has worked in Haiti since 1994 to improve health services, said among the most pressing needs was medical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hospitals are all broken and collapsed, the operating rooms aren\u2019t functional, and then if you bring tents, it\u2019s hurricane season, they can blow right away,\u201d Green said. He was hopeful the U.S. military would establish a field hospital in the affected area.<\/p>\n<p>He said the interim Haitian government was communicating well with them, \u201cbut there\u2019s no doubt that they\u2019re finding their way too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\"We have hundreds of medical volunteers, but the Haitian government tells us they don\u2019t need them. But we\u2019re still deploying along with other organizations,\u201d said Green, who is also the executive dean of Global Health and Community Service at the University of Miami. He sensed caution on the part of the government after bad experiences with outside aid following previous disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Etzer Emile, a Haitian economist and professor at Quisqueya University, a private institution in the capital of Port-au-Prince, said the disaster will increase Haitians' dependence on remittances from abroad and assistance from international nongovernmental groups, likely making the country even weaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForeign aid unfortunately never helps in the long term,\" he said. \u201cThe southwest needs instead activities that can boost economic capacity for jobs and better social 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Patients waited to be treated on stair steps, in corridors and the hospital\u2019s open veranda.","leadin":"Injured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes\u2019 overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck.","summary":"Injured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes\u2019 overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck.","keySentence":null,"url":"haiti-quake-death-toll-rises-to-1-419-injured-now-at-6-000","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Haiti\u2019s Civil Protection Agency increased the number of fatalities from Saturday\u2019s earthquake to 1,941 overnight on Tuesday, a rise of over 500 from the previous day. It also raised the number of injured to 9,900, many of whom have had to wait for medical help lying outside in wilting heat and riding out a storm that brought heavy rains and wind gusts. \n\n\nA hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie in patios, corridors, verandas and hallways. Then the approach of a storm expected to drench the quake zone Monday night forced officials to relocate them as best they could given the hospital\u2019s poor conditions. \n\n\u201cWe had planned to put up tents (in hospital patios), but we were told that could not be safe,\u201d said Gede Peterson, director of Les Cayes General Hospital. \n\nIt is not the first time that staff has been forced to improvise. The refrigeration in the hospital\u2019s morgue has not worked for three months, but after the earthquake struck Saturday, staff had to store as many as 20 bodies in the small space. Relatives quickly came to take most to private embalming services or immediate burial. By Monday only three bodies were in the morgue. \n\nThe quake, centered about 125 kilometres west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, nearly razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in a country that is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti already was struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, gang violence, worsening poverty and the political uncertainty following the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse when the earthquake sent residents rushing to the streets. \n\nThe devastation could worsen with Monday night's arrival of Tropical Depression Grace with its heavy rain and strong winds and the threat of mudslides and flash flooding. The Civil Protection Agency said rainfall could reach 38 centimetres in some areas before the storm moved away on Tuesday. Grace also drenched Port-au-Prince, the capital. \n\n\u201cWe are working now to ensure that the resources we have are going to get to the places that are hardest hit,\u201d said agency head Jerry Chandler, referring to the towns of Les Cayes and Jeremie and the department of Nippes, which are in the country\u2019s southwestern portion. \n\nInjured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes\u2019 overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck. Patients waited to be treated on stair steps, in corridors and the hospital\u2019s open veranda. \n\n\u201cAfter two days, they are almost always generally infected,\u201d said Dr. Paurus Michelete, who had treated 250 patients and was one of only three doctors on call when the quake hit. \n\nMeanwhile, rescuers and scrap metal scavengers dug into the floors of a collapsed hotel Monday in this coastal town, where 15 bodies had already been extracted. Jean Moise Fortun\u00e8, whose brother, the hotel owner and a prominent politician, was killed in the quake, believed there were more people trapped in the rubble. \n\nBut based on the size of voids that workers cautiously peered into, perhaps a foot (0.3 metres) in depth, finding survivors appeared unlikely. \n\nAs work, fuel and money ran out, desperate Les Cayes residents searched collapsed houses for scrap metal to sell. Others waited for money wired from abroad, a mainstay of Haiti\u2019s economy even before the quake. \n\nAnthony Emile waited six hours in a line with dozens of others trying to get money his brother had wired from Chile, where he has worked since Haiti\u2019s last quake. \n\n\u201cWe have been waiting since morning for it, but there are too many people,\u201d said Emile, a banana farmer who said relatives in the countryside depend on him giving them money to survive. \n\nEfforts to treat the injured were difficult at the general hospital, where Michelete said pain killers, analgesics and steel pins to mend fractures were running out amid the crush of patients. \n\n\u201cWe are saturated, and people keep coming,\u201d he said. \n\nJosil Eliophane, 84, crouched on the steps of the hospital, clutching an X-ray showing his shattered arm bone and pleading for pain medication. \n\nMichelete said he would give one of his few remaining shots to Eliophane, who ran out of his house as the quake hit, only to have a wall fall on him. \n\nNearby, on the hospital\u2019s open-air veranda, patients were on beds and mattresses, hooked up to IV bags of saline fluid. Others lay in the garden under bed sheets erected to shield them from the brutal sun. None of the patients or relatives caring for them wore face masks amid a coronavirus surge. \n\nOfficials said the magnitude 7.2 earthquake left more than 7,000 homes destroyed and nearly 5,000 damaged from the quake, leaving some 30,000 families homeless. Hospitals, schools, offices and churches also were destroyed or badly damaged. \n\nUnderlining the dire conditions, local officials had to negotiate with gangs in the seaside district of Martissant to allow two humanitarian convoys a day to pass through the area, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported. The agency called Haiti\u2019s southern peninsula a \u201chot spot for gang-related violence,\u201d where humanitarian workers have been repeatedly attacked. \n\nThe agency said the area has been \u201cvirtually unreachable\u201d over the past two months because of road blocks and security concerns. Agency spokeswoman Anna Jefferys said the first convoy passed through Sunday with government and U.N. personnel. and the U.N. World Food Program plans to send in food supplies via trucks Tuesday. \n\nPrime Minister Ariel Henry declared a one-month state of emergency for the whole country and said the first government aid convoys had started moving help to areas where towns were destroyed and hospitals were overwhelmed. \n\nUNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said humanitarian needs were acute, with many Haitians urgently needing health care, clean water and shelter. Children separated from their parents also needed protection, she said. \n\n\u201cLittle more than a decade on, Haiti is reeling once again,\" Fore said, referring to the 2010 earthquake that ravaged Haiti\u2019s capital, killing tens of thousands. \u201cAnd this disaster coincides with political instability, rising gang violence, alarmingly high rates of malnutrition among children, and the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 for which Haiti has received just 500,000 vaccine doses, despite requiring far more.\u201d \n\nThe country of 11 million people received its first batch of U.S.-donated coronavirus vaccines only last month via a United Nations programme for low-income countries. \n\nMedical workers from across the region were scrambling to help as hospitals in Les Cayes started running out of space to perform surgeries. \n\n\u201cBasically, they need everything,\u201d said Dr. Inobert Pierre, a pediatrician with the nonprofit Health Equity International, which oversees St. Boniface Hospital, about two hours from Les Cayes. \n\nPierre\u2019s medical team was taking some patients to St. Boniface to undergo surgery, but with just two ambulances, they could transport only four at a time. \n\nWorking with USAID, the U.S. Coast Guard said a helicopter was transporting medical personnel from the Haitian capital to the quake zone and evacuating injured back to Port-au-Prince. Lt. Commander Jason Nieman, a spokesman, said other aircraft and ships were being sent. \n\nAt the Les Cayes hospital, Emma Cadet, 41, a carpenter\u2019s wife, hovered over her 18-year-old son, Charles Owen, as he awaited an operation on his broken arm. He was among the lucky patients to have received pain medication. \n\nWorse off was Nerison Vendredi, 19, lying quiet but alert. No casts or splint would help her because she apparently had suffered internal injuries and could not move. \n\nThere were some stories of miracle survivals, but they were becoming fewer as the days passed. \n\nJacquelion Luxama was leading his goats to a watering hole Saturday when a hillside collapsed on him, trapping him amid boulders and a rockslide that stripped skin from his hip. \n\n\u201cI started yelling, and luckily some other farmers heard me, and they came and pulled me out, \u201d said Luxama, lying on a mattress at the Les Cayes hospital.","htmlText":"<p>Haiti\u2019s Civil Protection Agency increased the number of fatalities from Saturday\u2019s earthquake to 1,941 overnight on Tuesday, a rise of over 500 from the previous day. It also raised the number of injured to 9,900, many of whom have had to wait for medical help lying outside in wilting heat and riding out a storm that brought heavy rains and wind gusts. <\/p>\n<p>A hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie in patios, corridors, verandas and hallways. Then the approach of a storm expected to drench the quake zone Monday night forced officials to relocate them as best they could given the hospital\u2019s poor conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had planned to put up tents (in hospital patios), but we were told that could not be safe,\u201d said Gede Peterson, director of Les Cayes General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time that staff has been forced to improvise. The refrigeration in the hospital\u2019s morgue has not worked for three months, but after the earthquake struck Saturday, staff had to store as many as 20 bodies in the small space. Relatives quickly came to take most to private embalming services or immediate burial. By Monday only three bodies were in the morgue.<\/p>\n<p>The quake, centered about 125 kilometres west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, nearly razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in a country that is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti already was struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, gang violence, worsening poverty and the political uncertainty following the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse when the earthquake sent residents rushing to the streets.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5987342\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//08//16//strong-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-haiti/">Haiti earthquake death toll rises to nearly 1,300<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The devastation could worsen with Monday night's arrival of Tropical Depression Grace with its heavy rain and strong winds and the threat of mudslides and flash flooding. The Civil Protection Agency said rainfall could reach 38 centimetres in some areas before the storm moved away on Tuesday. Grace also drenched Port-au-Prince, the capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working now to ensure that the resources we have are going to get to the places that are hardest hit,\u201d said agency head Jerry Chandler, referring to the towns of Les Cayes and Jeremie and the department of Nippes, which are in the country\u2019s southwestern portion.<\/p>\n<p>Injured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes\u2019 overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck. Patients waited to be treated on stair steps, in corridors and the hospital\u2019s open veranda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter two days, they are almost always generally infected,\u201d said Dr. Paurus Michelete, who had treated 250 patients and was one of only three doctors on call when the quake hit.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, rescuers and scrap metal scavengers dug into the floors of a collapsed hotel Monday in this coastal town, where 15 bodies had already been extracted. Jean Moise Fortun\u00e8, whose brother, the hotel owner and a prominent politician, was killed in the quake, believed there were more people trapped in the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>But based on the size of voids that workers cautiously peered into, perhaps a foot (0.3 metres) in depth, finding survivors appeared unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>As work, fuel and money ran out, desperate Les Cayes residents searched collapsed houses for scrap metal to sell. Others waited for money wired from abroad, a mainstay of Haiti\u2019s economy even before the quake.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Emile waited six hours in a line with dozens of others trying to get money his brother had wired from Chile, where he has worked since Haiti\u2019s last quake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been waiting since morning for it, but there are too many people,\u201d said Emile, a banana farmer who said relatives in the countryside depend on him giving them money to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to treat the injured were difficult at the general hospital, where Michelete said pain killers, analgesics and steel pins to mend fractures were running out amid the crush of patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are saturated, and people keep coming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Josil Eliophane, 84, crouched on the steps of the hospital, clutching an X-ray showing his shattered arm bone and pleading for pain medication.<\/p>\n<p>Michelete said he would give one of his few remaining shots to Eliophane, who ran out of his house as the quake hit, only to have a wall fall on him.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, on the hospital\u2019s open-air veranda, patients were on beds and mattresses, hooked up to IV bags of saline fluid. 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Agency spokeswoman Anna Jefferys said the first convoy passed through Sunday with government and U.N. personnel. and the U.N. 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Survivors in some areas were forced to wait out in the open amid oppressive heat for help from overloaded hospitals. \n\nThe devastation could soon worsen with the coming of Tropical Depression Grace, which is predicted to reach Haiti on Monday night. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned that although Grace had weakened from tropical storm strength Sunday, it still posed a threat to bring heavy rain, flooding and landslides. \n\nThe epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometres west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said, and widespread damage was reported. The quake almost razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in a country already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, a presidential assassination and a wave of gang violence. \n\nPrime Minister Ariel Henry appealed on Twitter to Haitians to unify as they \u2033confront this dramatic situation in which we\u2019re living right now.\" \n\nHe declared a one-month state of emergency for the whole country. At a press conference, he said he would not ask for international help until the extent of the damages is known. \n\nVideos posted to social media channels showed collapsed buildings near the epicentre and people running into the streets. \n\nPeople in Port-au-Prince felt the tremor and many rushed into the streets in fear, although there did not appear to be damage there. \n\nNaomi Verneus, a 34-year-old resident of Port-au-Prince, said she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking. \n\n\u201cI woke up and didn\u2019t have time to put my shoes on. We lived the 2010 earthquake and all I could do was run. I later remembered my two kids and my mother were still inside. My neighbor went in and told them to get out. We ran to the street,\u201d Verneus said. \n\nThe impoverished country, where many live in tenuous circumstances, is vulnerable to earthquakes and hurricanes. It was struck by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in 2018 that killed more than a dozen people, and a vastly larger magnitude 7.1 quake that damaged much of the capital in 2010 and killed an estimated 300,000 people. \n\nThe National Hurricane Center has forecasted that Tropical Storm Grace will reach Haiti late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. \n\nThe earthquake struck more than a month after President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was killed, sending the country into political chaos, and humanitarian aid groups said the earthquake will add to the suffering. \n\n\u201cWe\u2019re concerned that this earthquake is just one more crisis on top of what the country is already facing - including the worsening political stalemate after the president\u2019s assassination, COVID and food insecurity,\u201d said Jean-Wickens Merone, spokesman for World Vision Haiti. \n\nCatholic priest Fredy Elie, who began working with the Mission in Haiti Congregation after the 2010 earthquake, told The Associated Press that access to the area is hindered by criminal gangs and was pleading for help. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s time to open the road to those who want to help ... They need help from all of us,\" Elie said.","htmlText":"<p>The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off frantic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday's earthquake also left at least 5,700 people injured in the Caribbean nation, with thousands more displaced from their destroyed or damaged homes. Survivors in some areas were forced to wait out in the open amid oppressive heat for help from overloaded hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The devastation could soon worsen with the coming of Tropical Depression Grace, which is predicted to reach Haiti on Monday night. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned that although Grace had weakened from tropical storm strength Sunday, it still posed a threat to bring heavy rain, flooding and landslides.<\/p>\n<p>The epicenter of the quake was about 125 kilometres west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said, and widespread damage was reported. The quake almost razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in a country already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, a presidential assassination and a wave of gang violence.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Ariel Henry appealed on Twitter to Haitians to unify as they \u2033confront this dramatic situation in which we\u2019re living right now.\"<\/p>\n<p>He declared a one-month state of emergency for the whole country. At a press conference, he said he would not ask for international help until the extent of the damages is known.<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted to social media channels showed collapsed buildings near the epicentre and people running into the streets.<\/p>\n<p>People in Port-au-Prince felt the tremor and many rushed into the streets in fear, although there did not appear to be damage there.<\/p>\n<p>Naomi Verneus, a 34-year-old resident of Port-au-Prince, said she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI woke up and didn\u2019t have time to put my shoes on. We lived the 2010 earthquake and all I could do was run. I later remembered my two kids and my mother were still inside. My neighbor went in and told them to get out. We ran to the street,\u201d Verneus said.<\/p>\n<p>The impoverished country, where many live in tenuous circumstances, is vulnerable to earthquakes and hurricanes. 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They need help from all of us,\" Elie said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1628953933,"publishedAt":1629102318,"updatedAt":1629120361,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/08\/16\/strong-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-haiti","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/73\/42\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_707db4fc-0647-55f0-84da-9e66c8d7973c-5987342.jpg","altText":"The residence of the Catholic bishop is damaged after an earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti","caption":"The residence of the Catholic bishop is damaged after an earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Delot Jean\/AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":863,"height":486},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/98\/73\/42\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_332adcb6-d737-5d02-8ac9-08620ec2fb01-5987342.jpg","altText":"Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 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installs new leader as country mourns slain president","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Haiti installs new leader as country mourns slain president","titleListing2":"Designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon and former Cabinet minister, has promised to form a provisional consensus government to lead Haiti until elections are held.","leadin":"Designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon and former Cabinet minister, has promised to form a provisional consensus government to lead Haiti until elections are held.","summary":"Designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon and former Cabinet minister, has promised to form a provisional consensus government to lead Haiti until elections are held.","keySentence":null,"url":"haiti-installs-new-leader-as-country-mourns-slain-president","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Haiti's government installed a new prime minister on Tuesday, while officials mourned assassinated President Jovenel Mo\u00efse and arrested at least three police officers implicated in his killing. \n\nDesignated Prime Minister Ariel Henry was sworn in to replace interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who assumed leadership of Haiti with the backing of police and the military after the July 7 attack at Mo\u00efse\u2019s private home, which also badly injured his wife and stunned the nation of more than 11 million people. \n\n\u201cThe task that awaits us is complex and difficult,\u201d Henry said as he called for unity and promised to meet with various sectors in upcoming days to build consensus. \u201cI\u2019m from a school that believes in dialogue.\" \n\nHe also thanked \u201csister nations\u201d that he didn't identify for their solidarity and expertise in the ongoing investigation as he demanded that all those responsible be brought to justice. \n\nHenry, a neurosurgeon and former Cabinet minister, has promised to form a provisional consensus government to lead Haiti until elections are held. He said he has already met with various unidentified actors as well as civil society and the private sector. He pledged to re-establish order and security and confidence in the government as well as fight corruption, make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, restart the economy and create a credible and transparent elections system. \n\nJoseph, who spoke before presenting Henry, also urged unity and wished him much courage and determination while warning him: \u201cYou inherit a remarkable situation ... a political crisis without precedence... galloping insecurity, a morose and precarious socio-economic situation.\u201d \n\nAfter the ceremony, Henry's new Cabinet was formally presented, with the ministers of justice, economy, finance, agriculture and others keeping their positions. \n\nBefore Henry officially became prime minister, a crowd of international dignitaries and Haitian officials clad in somber suits sat under the shade of pink and white bougainvillea in the yard of the Nation Pantheon Museum in downtown Port-au-Prince to commemorate Mo\u00efse, whose assassination left a political void. \n\nA large portrait of the slain president hung behind Joseph as he spoke to mourners. \u201cThe president is dead because of his political and social convictions,\u201d he said. \n\nJoseph accused oligarchs and criminals of assassinating the president\u2019s character and then the president himself. He called on everyone to seize the moment as an opportunity to find a common purpose and durable, viable solutions. \n\nMo\u00efse was shot multiple times, and while officials have arrested at least 26 people in the case, it remains unclear who ultimately was behind the attack. Among the arrested are 18 former Colombian soldiers, five Haitians and three Haitian-Americans. \n\nPolice Chief L\u00e9on Charles announced four more formal arrests on Tuesday \u2014 at least three of them police officers, whose ranks he did not release. \n\n\u201cThere was infiltration in the police,\u201d he said. \u201cIt happened with money.\u201d \n\nCharles added that authorities are investigating who financed the operation, noting that the FBI and Interpol are helping track down U.S. citizens living in the United States whom he believes are responsible. \n\nCharles also said that a total of seven high-ranking police officers have now been detained and isolated \u2014 but not formally arrested \u2014 as they tried to determine why the attackers were able to reach the president without any of his guards being injured. The officers are not formally considered suspects. \n\nHaitian police identified the fourth suspect, who was not a police officer, as Dominick Cauvin. \n\nAn individual named Dominick Cauvin has lived in South Florida, spending time in recent years in Miami, Miami Beach and Pembroke Pines, public records show. He\u2019s listed as an independent security consultant, according to his LinkedIn profile; his private Instagram account lists him as founder and owner of Armotech International Corp. and Armotech Group S.A., in Haiti. \n\nCauvin is currently listed as CEO for a company based in Pembroke Pines, Fla., called Armotech International Corp., which he registered with the state on Nov. 2, 2020, public records show. He set up a similarly named company, the Armotech Group Inc., in early January 2020, only to dissolve it in April 2021, records show. \n\nHaiti Elections Minister Mathias Pierre told The Associated Press on Monday that Joseph would step down and cede the position to Henry, who was chosen for the post by Mo\u00efse shortly before he was killed but had not been sworn in. \n\nThe change in leadership comes after a group of key international diplomats called on Henry to create a \u201cconsensual and inclusive government\" in a statement issued Saturday that made no reference to Joseph. The Core Group is composed of ambassadors from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the U.S., France and the European Union as well as representatives from the United Nations and the Organization of American States. \n\nRobert Fatton, a Haitian politics expert at the University of Virginia, said Joseph's departure was to be expected. \n\n\u201cJoseph's fate was sealed over the weekend,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything that happens in Haiti has a powerful foreign component.\u201d \n\nA main opposition coalition known as the Democratic and Popular Sector called Henry a puppet of the international community and rejected his appointment. \n\n\u201cThis step is only a political provocation that will add fuel to the fire and push the country further into crisis,\u201d it said. \n\nOn the same day the Core Group issued its statement, first lady Martine Mo\u00efse arrived back unannounced in Haiti to the surprise of many. She had been recovering at a hospital in Miami. On Monday, her office issued the first public statement since the killing, noting that the presidential family would pay for the funeral as it thanked Haitians for their support. \n\n\u201cYour moral support gives the presidential family the courage to go through this great ordeal and helps it transcend these moments of indescribable pain,\u201d it said.","htmlText":"<p>Haiti's government installed a new prime minister on Tuesday, while officials mourned assassinated President Jovenel Mo\u00efse and arrested at least three police officers implicated in his killing.<\/p>\n<p>Designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry was sworn in to replace interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who assumed leadership of Haiti with the backing of police and the military after the July 7 attack at Mo\u00efse\u2019s private home, which also badly injured his wife and stunned the nation of more than 11 million people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe task that awaits us is complex and difficult,\u201d Henry said as he called for unity and promised to meet with various sectors in upcoming days to build consensus. \u201cI\u2019m from a school that believes in dialogue.\"<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked \u201csister nations\u201d that he didn't identify for their solidarity and expertise in the ongoing investigation as he demanded that all those responsible be brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Henry, a neurosurgeon and former Cabinet minister, has promised to form a provisional consensus government to lead Haiti until elections are held. He said he has already met with various unidentified actors as well as civil society and the private sector. He pledged to re-establish order and security and confidence in the government as well as fight corruption, make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, restart the economy and create a credible and transparent elections system.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5891228\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//18//haiti-faces-uncertain-future-as-mourning-first-lady-returns/">Haiti faces uncertain future as mourning first lady returns<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joseph, who spoke before presenting Henry, also urged unity and wished him much courage and determination while warning him: \u201cYou inherit a remarkable situation ... a political crisis without precedence... galloping insecurity, a morose and precarious socio-economic situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the ceremony, Henry's new Cabinet was formally presented, with the ministers of justice, economy, finance, agriculture and others keeping their positions.<\/p>\n<p>Before Henry officially became prime minister, a crowd of international dignitaries and Haitian officials clad in somber suits sat under the shade of pink and white bougainvillea in the yard of the Nation Pantheon Museum in downtown Port-au-Prince to commemorate Mo\u00efse, whose assassination left a political void.<\/p>\n<p>A large portrait of the slain president hung behind Joseph as he spoke to mourners. \u201cThe president is dead because of his political and social convictions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph accused oligarchs and criminals of assassinating the president\u2019s character and then the president himself. He called on everyone to seize the moment as an opportunity to find a common purpose and durable, viable solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00efse was shot multiple times, and while officials have arrested at least 26 people in the case, it remains unclear who ultimately was behind the attack. Among the arrested are 18 former Colombian soldiers, five Haitians and three Haitian-Americans.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5883490\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//16//haiti-police-reject-reports-that-the-country-s-interim-prime-minister-is-behind-the-assass/">Haiti police reject reports that the country's interim prime minister is behind the assassination<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Police Chief L\u00e9on Charles announced four more formal arrests on Tuesday \u2014 at least three of them police officers, whose ranks he did not release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was infiltration in the police,\u201d he said. \u201cIt happened with money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charles added that authorities are investigating who financed the operation, noting that the FBI and Interpol are helping track down U.S. citizens living in the United States whom he believes are responsible.<\/p>\n<p>Charles also said that a total of seven high-ranking police officers have now been detained and isolated \u2014 but not formally arrested \u2014 as they tried to determine why the attackers were able to reach the president without any of his guards being injured. The officers are not formally considered suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Haitian police identified the fourth suspect, who was not a police officer, as Dominick Cauvin.<\/p>\n<p>An individual named Dominick Cauvin has lived in South Florida, spending time in recent years in Miami, Miami Beach and Pembroke Pines, public records show. He\u2019s listed as an independent security consultant, according to his LinkedIn profile; his private Instagram account lists him as founder and owner of Armotech International Corp. and Armotech Group S.A., in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Cauvin is currently listed as CEO for a company based in Pembroke Pines, Fla., called Armotech International Corp., which he registered with the state on Nov. 2, 2020, public records show. He set up a similarly named company, the Armotech Group Inc., in early January 2020, only to dissolve it in April 2021, records show.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti Elections Minister Mathias Pierre told The Associated Press on Monday that Joseph would step down and cede the position to Henry, who was chosen for the post by Mo\u00efse shortly before he was killed but had not been sworn in.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5874266\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//14//haiti-seeks-five-fugitives-as-president-killing-probe-deepens/">Haiti seeks five fugitives as president killing probe deepens<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The change in leadership comes after a group of key international diplomats called on Henry to create a \u201cconsensual and inclusive government\" in a statement issued Saturday that made no reference to Joseph. The Core Group is composed of ambassadors from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the U.S., France and the European Union as well as representatives from the United Nations and the Organization of American States.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Fatton, a Haitian politics expert at the University of Virginia, said Joseph's departure was to be expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoseph's fate was sealed over the weekend,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything that happens in Haiti has a powerful foreign component.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A main opposition coalition known as the Democratic and Popular Sector called Henry a puppet of the international community and rejected his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis step is only a political provocation that will add fuel to the fire and push the country further into crisis,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day the Core Group issued its statement, first lady Martine Mo\u00efse arrived back unannounced in Haiti to the surprise of many. She had been recovering at a hospital in Miami. On Monday, her office issued the first public statement since the killing, noting that the presidential family would pay for the funeral as it thanked Haitians for their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour moral support gives the presidential family the courage to go through this great ordeal and helps it transcend these moments of indescribable pain,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1626845080,"publishedAt":1626846078,"updatedAt":1626846081,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/07\/21\/haiti-installs-new-leader-as-country-mourns-slain-president","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/89\/92\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ca07da8a-fc09-59e5-a2a9-eca0b95fe0fb-5899214.jpg","altText":"Ariel Henry speaks during his appointment as the new Prime Minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 20, 2021.","caption":"Ariel Henry speaks during his appointment as the new Prime Minister in 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replace the country's interim prime minister, Haiti Elections Minister Mathias Pierre told The Associated Press. \n\nIt wasn\u2019t immediately clear how quickly Claude Joseph, who has been leading Haiti with the backing of police and the military since the July 7 assassination of Mo\u00efse, would step down. \n\n\u201cNegotiations are still in course,\u201d Pierre said, adding that Joseph would go back to being minister of foreign affairs. There was no immediate comment from Joseph. \n\nIn an audio recording, Henry referred to himself as prime minister and called for unity, saying he would soon announce the members of what he called a provisional consensus government to lead the country until elections are held. \n\n\u201cI present my compliments to the Haitian people who have shown political maturity in the face of what can be considered a coup. ... Our Haitian brothers gave peace a chance, while leaving the possibility that the truth could one day be restored,\" Henry said. \n\n\u201cNow it is up to all the national leaders to walk together in unity, towards the same goal, to show that they are responsible.\u201d \n\nThe political turnover followed a statement Saturday from a key group of international diplomats that appeared to snub Joseph as it called for the creation of \"a consensual and inclusive government.\u201d \n\n\u201cTo this end, it strongly encourages the designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry to continue the mission entrusted to him to form such a government,\u201d the statement from the Core Group said. \n\nThe Core Group is composed of ambassadors from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the US, France, the European Union and representatives from the United Nations and the Organisation of American States. \n\nOn Monday, the UN issued a statement calling on Joseph, Henry and other national stakeholders \u201cto set aside differences and engage in constructive dialogue on ways to end the current impasse.\u201d \n\nThe UN added that Joseph and Henry made significant progress in the past week and that it supports dialogue to find \u201cminimal consensus\u201d for holding fair legislative and presidential elections. \n\nMonique Clesca, a Haitian writer, activist and former UN official, said she doesn't anticipate any changes under Henry, whom she expects to carry on Mo\u00efse's legacy. But she warned Henry might be viewed as tainted because of the international backing that preceded his taking power. \n\n\u201cThere is not only a perception, but the reality that he has been put there by the international community, and I think that\u2019s his burden to carry,\u201d she said. \n\n\u201cWhat we\u2019re calling for is for Haitians to really say this is unacceptable. We do not want the international community stating who ought to be in power and what ought to be done. It is up to us.\u201d \n\nWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the Biden administration \u201cwelcomes reports that Haitian political actors are working together to determine a path forward in the country.\u201d \n\n\u201cWe have been encouraging, for several days now, Haitian political actors to work together and find a political way forward,\u201d she said. \n\nEarlier, US State Department spokesman Ned Price had said the US would continue to work with Joseph after noting he was the incumbent in the position and was serving as acting prime minister before the assassination. \n\nThe Core Group statement was issued hours after Mo\u00efse's wife, Martine, arrived in Haiti on Saturday aboard a private jet clad in black and wearing a bulletproof vest after being released from a hospital in Miami. She has not issued a statement or spoken publicly since her return to Haiti as the government prepares for the July 23 funeral that will be held in the northern city of Cap-Haitien. Other events to honour Mo\u00efse are planned this week in the capital of Port-au-Prince ahead of the funeral. \n\nMo\u00efse designated Henry as prime minister shortly before he was killed, but he had not been sworn in. The neurosurgeon was previously minister of social affairs and interior minister. He has belonged to several political parties including Inite, which was founded by former President Ren\u00e9 Pr\u00e9val. \n\nThe upcoming change in leadership comes as authorities continue to investigate the July 7 attack at Mo\u00efse's private home with high-powered rifles that seriously wounded his wife. \n\nAuthorities say more than 20 suspects directly involved in the killing have been arrested. The majority of them are former Colombian soldiers, most of whom Colombian officials say were duped. Another three suspects were killed, with police still seeking additional ones, including an ex-Haitian rebel leader and a former Haitian senator.","htmlText":"<p>A new prime minister supported by key international diplomats will take charge of Haiti, an official said Monday \u2014 a move that appeared aimed at averting a leadership struggle following the assassination of President Jovenal Mo\u00efse. <\/p>\n<p>Ariel Henry, who was designated prime minister by Mo\u00efse before he was slain but never sworn in, will replace the country's interim prime minister, Haiti Elections Minister Mathias Pierre told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear how quickly Claude Joseph, who has been leading Haiti with the backing of police and the military since the July 7 assassination of Mo\u00efse, would step down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNegotiations are still in course,\u201d Pierre said, adding that Joseph would go back to being minister of foreign affairs. There was no immediate comment from Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>In an audio recording, Henry referred to himself as prime minister and called for unity, saying he would soon announce the members of what he called a provisional consensus government to lead the country until elections are held.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI present my compliments to the Haitian people who have shown political maturity in the face of what can be considered a coup. ... Our Haitian brothers gave peace a chance, while leaving the possibility that the truth could one day be restored,\" Henry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow it is up to all the national leaders to walk together in unity, towards the same goal, to show that they are responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The political turnover followed a statement Saturday from a key group of international diplomats that appeared to snub Joseph as it called for the creation of \"a consensual and inclusive government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo this end, it strongly encourages the designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry to continue the mission entrusted to him to form such a government,\u201d the statement from the Core Group said.<\/p>\n<p>The Core Group is composed of ambassadors from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the US, France, the European Union and representatives from the United Nations and the Organisation of American States.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the UN issued a statement calling on Joseph, Henry and other national stakeholders \u201cto set aside differences and engage in constructive dialogue on ways to end the current impasse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UN added that Joseph and Henry made significant progress in the past week and that it supports dialogue to find \u201cminimal consensus\u201d for holding fair legislative and presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Monique Clesca, a Haitian writer, activist and former UN official, said she doesn't anticipate any changes under Henry, whom she expects to carry on Mo\u00efse's legacy. But she warned Henry might be viewed as tainted because of the international backing that preceded his taking power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is not only a perception, but the reality that he has been put there by the international community, and I think that\u2019s his burden to carry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re calling for is for Haitians to really say this is unacceptable. We do not want the international community stating who ought to be in power and what ought to be done. It is up to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the Biden administration \u201cwelcomes reports that Haitian political actors are working together to determine a path forward in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been encouraging, for several days now, Haitian political actors to work together and find a political way forward,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, US State Department spokesman Ned Price had said the US would continue to work with Joseph after noting he was the incumbent in the position and was serving as acting prime minister before the assassination.<\/p>\n<p>The Core Group statement was issued hours after Mo\u00efse's wife, Martine, arrived in Haiti on Saturday aboard a private jet clad in black and wearing a bulletproof vest after being released from a hospital in Miami. She has not issued a statement or spoken publicly since her return to Haiti as the government prepares for the July 23 funeral that will be held in the northern city of Cap-Haitien. Other events to honour Mo\u00efse are planned this week in the capital of Port-au-Prince ahead of the funeral.<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00efse designated Henry as prime minister shortly before he was killed, but he had not been sworn in. The neurosurgeon was previously minister of social affairs and interior minister. He has belonged to several political parties including Inite, which was founded by former President Ren\u00e9 Pr\u00e9val.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming change in leadership comes as authorities continue to investigate the July 7 attack at Mo\u00efse's private home with high-powered rifles that seriously wounded his wife.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5891228,5883490\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//16//haiti-police-reject-reports-that-the-country-s-interim-prime-minister-is-behind-the-assass/">Haiti police reject reports that the country's interim prime minister is behind the assassination<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//18//haiti-faces-uncertain-future-as-mourning-first-lady-returns/">Haiti faces uncertain future as mourning first lady returns<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Authorities say more than 20 suspects directly involved in the killing have been arrested. The majority of them are former Colombian soldiers, most of whom Colombian officials say were duped. Another three suspects were killed, with police still seeking additional ones, including an ex-Haitian rebel leader and a former Haitian senator.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1626723912,"publishedAt":1626724947,"updatedAt":1626724951,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/07\/19\/new-haiti-leader-with-international-backing-to-take-charge","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/89\/50\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_27f4f0c9-67fc-512e-a433-f45e4bf51be5-5895072.jpg","altText":"Haiti's interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph gives a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Friday, July 16, 2021","caption":"Haiti's interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph gives a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Friday, July 16, 2021","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Joseph 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faces uncertain future as mourning first lady returns","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Haiti faces uncertain future as mourning first lady returns","titleListing2":"Martine Moise, the wife of assassinated President #JovenelMoise, returned to #Haiti following her release from a Miami hospital.","leadin":"Martine Moise, the wife of assassinated President Jovenel Moise, returned to the Caribbean nation on Saturday following her release from a Miami hospital.","summary":"Martine Moise, the wife of assassinated President Jovenel Moise, returned to the Caribbean nation on Saturday following her release from a Miami hospital.","keySentence":null,"url":"haiti-faces-uncertain-future-as-mourning-first-lady-returns","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Haiti's political future on Sunday grew murkier after the surprise return of first lady Martine Mo\u00efse, who was released from a hospital in Miami where she was treated for injuries following an attack in which the president was assassinated. \n\n\nMartine Mo\u00efse did not make any public statements after she descended a private jet wearing a black dress, a black bulletproof vest, a black face mask and her right arm in a black sling as she mourned for President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, who was killed July 7 at their private home. \n\nSome experts \u2014 like many in this country of more than 11 million people \u2014 were surprised at how quickly she reappeared in Haiti and questioned whether she plans to become involved in the country's politics. \n\n\u201cThe fact that she returned could suggest she intends to play some role,\u201d said Laurent Dubois, a Haiti expert and Duke University professor. \u201cShe may intervene in one way or another.\u201d \n\nMartine Mo\u00efse arrived just hours after a prominent group of international diplomats issued a statement that appeared to shun interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, the man currently running the country with the backing of police and the military. \n\nJoseph's name was never mentioned in the statement made by the Core Group, composed of ambassadors from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the US, France, the European Union and representatives from the United Nations and the Organisation of American States. \n\n\nThe group called for the creation of \u201ca consensual and inclusive government,\u201d adding, \u201cTo this end, it strongly encourages the designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry to continue the mission entrusted to him to form such a government.\u201d \n\nHenry was designated prime minister a day before Jovenel Mo\u00efse was killed. He did not respond to requests for comment. \n\nThe UN, OAS and US State Department did not offer further explanation when contacted. \n\nGiven the current state of Haitian politics, Dubois said he believes the arrival of Martine Mo\u00efse could have an impact. \n\n\u201cShe\u2019s obviously in a position to play a role ... given how wide open things are,\u201d he said, adding that the Core Group's statement is striking because it makes no reference to Joseph. \u201cOne has to wonder whether the developments in the investigation have anything to do with this. They\u2019re all these puzzle pieces that are just changing moment to moment. Right now it seems very hard to figure out how to put these together.\u201d \n\nAuthorities in Haiti and Colombia say at least 18 suspects directly linked to the killing have been arrested, the majority of them former Colombian soldiers. At least three suspects were killed and police say they are looking for numerous others. Colombian officials have said that the majority of former soldiers were duped and did not know of the assassination plot. \n\nA day after the killing, US State Department spokesman Ned Price had said Joseph was the incumbent in the position and was serving as acting prime minister before the assassination: \u201cWe continue to work with Claude Joseph as such,\u201d he said. \n\nOn July 11, a delegation of representatives from various US agencies travelled to Haiti to review critical infrastructure, talk with Haitian National Police and meet with Joseph, Henry and Haitian Senate President Joseph Lambert in a joint meeting. \n\nThe deepening political turmoil has prompted dozens of Haitians to visit the US embassy in Port-au-Prince in recent days to seek a visa or political asylum. \n\n\u201cWe can't stay anymore in the country,\u201d said Jim Kenneth, a 19-year-old who would like to study medicine in the US. \u201cWe feel very insecure.\u201d","htmlText":"<p>Haiti's political future on Sunday grew murkier after the surprise return of first lady Martine Mo\u00efse, who was released from a hospital in Miami where she was treated for injuries following an attack in which the president was assassinated. <\/p>\n<p>Martine Mo\u00efse did not make any public statements after she descended a private jet wearing a black dress, a black bulletproof vest, a black face mask and her right arm in a black sling as she mourned for President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, who was killed July 7 at their private home.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts \u2014 like many in this country of more than 11 million people \u2014 were surprised at how quickly she reappeared in Haiti and questioned whether she plans to become involved in the country's politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that she returned could suggest she intends to play some role,\u201d said Laurent Dubois, a Haiti expert and Duke University professor. \u201cShe may intervene in one way or another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martine Mo\u00efse arrived just hours after a prominent group of international diplomats issued a statement that appeared to shun interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, the man currently running the country with the backing of police and the military.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5871444,5883490,5848190\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//13//mystery-grows-with-key-suspect-in-haiti-president-killing/">Mystery grows with key suspect in Haiti president killing<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//07//haiti-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-at-home-prime-minister-says/">Haiti declares 'state of siege' after assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//16//haiti-police-reject-reports-that-the-country-s-interim-prime-minister-is-behind-the-assass/">Haiti police reject reports that the country's interim prime minister is behind the assassination<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joseph's name was never mentioned in the statement made by the Core Group, composed of ambassadors from Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, the US, France, the European Union and representatives from the United Nations and the Organisation of American States. <\/p>\n<p>The group called for the creation of \u201ca consensual and inclusive government,\u201d adding, \u201cTo this end, it strongly encourages the designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry to continue the mission entrusted to him to form such a government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Henry was designated prime minister a day before Jovenel Mo\u00efse was killed. He did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The UN, OAS and US State Department did not offer further explanation when contacted.<\/p>\n<p>Given the current state of Haitian politics, Dubois said he believes the arrival of Martine Mo\u00efse could have an impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s obviously in a position to play a role ... given how wide open things are,\u201d he said, adding that the Core Group's statement is striking because it makes no reference to Joseph. \u201cOne has to wonder whether the developments in the investigation have anything to do with this. They\u2019re all these puzzle pieces that are just changing moment to moment. Right now it seems very hard to figure out how to put these together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Haiti and Colombia say at least 18 suspects directly linked to the killing have been arrested, the majority of them former Colombian soldiers. At least three suspects were killed and police say they are looking for numerous others. Colombian officials have said that the majority of former soldiers were duped and did not know of the assassination plot.<\/p>\n<p>A day after the killing, US State Department spokesman Ned Price had said Joseph was the incumbent in the position and was serving as acting prime minister before the assassination: \u201cWe continue to work with Claude Joseph as such,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On July 11, a delegation of representatives from various US agencies travelled to Haiti to review critical infrastructure, talk with Haitian National Police and meet with Joseph, Henry and Haitian Senate President Joseph Lambert in a joint meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The deepening political turmoil has prompted dozens of Haitians to visit the US embassy in Port-au-Prince in recent days to seek a visa or political asylum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can't stay anymore in the country,\u201d said Jim Kenneth, a 19-year-old who would like to study medicine in the US. \u201cWe feel very insecure.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1626617623,"publishedAt":1626618271,"updatedAt":1626618273,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/07\/18\/haiti-faces-uncertain-future-as-mourning-first-lady-returns","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/89\/12\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5a281ea1-4541-5569-a6ef-674fd596bd2a-5891228.jpg","altText":"Haiti's first lady Martine Moise, wearing a bullet proof vest and her right arm in a sling, arrives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, July 17, 2021.","caption":"Haiti's first lady Martine Moise, wearing a bullet proof vest and her right arm in a sling, arrives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, July 17, 2021.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Haiti's Secretary of State for Communication Photo\/via 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police reject reports that the country's interim prime minister is behind the assassination","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Haiti police reject reports that the interim PM is behind the killing","titleListing2":"Haiti police reject reports that the country's interim prime minister is behind the assassination","leadin":"A Colombian news report suggested government officials had masterminded Jovenel Moise's assassination - but Haitian authorities rejected this as \"a lie\".","summary":"A Colombian news report suggested government officials had masterminded Jovenel Moise's assassination - but Haitian authorities rejected this as \"a lie\".","keySentence":null,"url":"haiti-police-reject-reports-that-the-country-s-interim-prime-minister-is-behind-the-assass","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Authorities in Haiti on Thursday forcefully pushed back against reports that current government officials were involved in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, calling them \u201ca lie.\u201d \n\nL\u00e9on Charles, head of Haiti\u2019s National Police, denied a report from Caracol news, a Colombian-based private TV station, that claimed interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph was the mastermind of the July 7 killing. \n\n\u201cThe police warns of all propaganda creating a diversion,\u201d he said, adding that the government has no evidence to support those claims. \n\nHaitian authorities have otherwise not been very forthcoming with information about who might have been behind the killing, suggesting that media reports implicating current officials had struck a nerve in the government. \n\nIn Colombia, Gen. Jorge Luis Vargas, the head of that country's national police force, told reporters that he had no information suggesting Joseph had any role in the plot. \n\nMeanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will send U.S. Marines to bolster security at its embassy in Haiti but that deploying American troops to stabilize the country is \u201cnot on the agenda.\u201d \n\nHaiti\u2019s interim government last week asked the U.S. and the United Nations to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure following the assassination. Biden had signaled he was not open to the request, which comes as he is drawing down U.S. forces in Afghanistan this summer. \n\nMathias Pierre, Haiti's elections minister, told The Associated Press that he believes the request for U.S. troops is relevant given what he called a \u201cfragile situation\u201d and the need to create a secure environment for elections scheduled to happen in 120 days. \n\nHe also said the words \u201cnot on the agenda\u201d leave the option open. \n\n\u201dThis is not a closed door. The evolution of the situation will determine the outcome,\u201d Pierre said. \u201cIn the meantime, the government is doing everything we can to stabilize the country, return to a normal environment and organize elections while trying to come to a political agreement with most political parties.\u201d \n\nCharles, the police chief, said the head of Mo\u00efse\u2019s security detail, Dimitri H\u00e9rard, had been removed from his post and placed in isolated detention after officials interrogated him. Police had announced his detention in recent days. Charles said authorities will meet with him a third time before deciding the next steps. \n\nH\u00e9rard has not officially been named as a suspect in the investigation, but many Haitians have questioned how attackers could have invaded the president's house and killed him with no injuries among those assigned to protect him. \n\nThe press conference was held a day after the Colombian TV station aired a report it said was based on information from FBI sources and Haitian authorities as well as telephone calls, pictures and testimony from those accused of participating in the plot. \n\n\u201cI\u2019m issuing a formal denial to these allegations,\u201d Charles said, calling them \u201ca lie.\u201d \n\nJoseph, the interim prime minister, was about to be replaced when the assassination occurred. Mo\u00efse had named him to the post in April following the resignation of Joseph Jouthe, who held the post for just over a year. \n\nTwo days before the assassination, Mo\u00efse announced that he had chosen a new prime minister, neurosurgeon Ariel Henry. But the new prime minister had not yet been sworn into office as of July 7, and Joseph has insisted he is in charge of the government, a claim that has been recognized by the U.S. and others. \n\nCharles said police have arrested 23 people in the killing, including 18 former Colombian soldiers, three Haitians and two Haitian-Americans. Police also have issued seven arrest warrants, searched 10 buildings, conducted 27 interrogations and placed four high-ranking police officers in isolation, he said. \n\nHe added that the investigation has benefited from the help of the FBI and foreign countries that he did not name. \n\nOn Thursday, a group of FBI agents gathered at Mo\u00efse's private home and met with other officials as they entered and exited the compound under the gaze of curious onlookers while Haitian police officers walked to their vehicles with bags containing unknown items. \n\nEight FBI agents are on the ground in Haiti helping with the probe, said to a senior Biden administration official, who agreed to give the information only if not quoted by name because he was not authorized to comment publicly. In addition, officials from the Justice Department\u2019s criminal and national security divisions, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office for the southern district of Florida are working with Haitian national police. \n\nThe U.S. law enforcement officials are focused on tracing the origin of weapons used in the attack, investigating any possible U.S. link to the killing and looking into potential charges that could be filed against anyone involved in the United States. \n\nHe added that a U.S. delegation that arrived in Haiti on Sunday visited the airport and seaport in Port-au-Prince and discussed additional training and equipment that could be provided to secure that critical infrastructure. \n\nThe official noted international \u201cfatigue\u201d for Haiti, adding that U.S. officials said they made clear to the competing Haitian factions that building a coalition government would go far to \u201creenergize support\u201d in the international community. \n\nMeanwhile, the Pentagon issued a statement saying that a small number of the Colombian suspects had received U.S. military training and education programs while serving in the Colombian military. It said it had no additional details to offer pending a review that is still in progress. \n\nThe U.S. has provided substantial support to the Colombian military over the years and has trained many of its forces. \n\nOn Thursday, Colombian President Iv\u00e1n Duque told private radio station La FM that only a small group of the former Colombian soldiers linked to the killing knew it was going to be a criminal operation. He said the others were duped and thought they would be traveling for a mission to provide protection. \n\n\u201cOnce they were over there, the information they were given changed,\u201d Duque said, adding that \u201cthey ended up involved in these unfortunate events.\u201d \n\n___ \n\nMadhani reported from Chicago. Associated Press writers Astrid Su\u00e1rez in Bucaramanga, Colombia; and Zeke Miller and Robert Burns in Washington contributed to this report.","htmlText":"<p>Authorities in Haiti on Thursday forcefully pushed back against reports that current government officials were involved in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, calling them \u201ca lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9on Charles, head of Haiti\u2019s National Police, denied a report from Caracol news, a Colombian-based private TV station, that claimed interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph was the mastermind of the July 7 killing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police warns of all propaganda creating a diversion,\u201d he said, adding that the government has no evidence to support those claims.<\/p>\n<p>Haitian authorities have otherwise not been very forthcoming with information about who might have been behind the killing, suggesting that media reports implicating current officials had struck a nerve in the government.<\/p>\n<p>In Colombia, Gen. Jorge Luis Vargas, the head of that country's national police force, told reporters that he had no information suggesting Joseph had any role in the plot.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will send U.S. Marines to bolster security at its embassy in Haiti but that deploying American troops to stabilize the country is \u201cnot on the agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haiti\u2019s interim government last week asked the U.S. and the United Nations to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure following the assassination. Biden had signaled he was not open to the request, which comes as he is drawing down U.S. forces in Afghanistan this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Mathias Pierre, Haiti's elections minister, told The Associated Press that he believes the request for U.S. troops is relevant given what he called a \u201cfragile situation\u201d and the need to create a secure environment for elections scheduled to happen in 120 days.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the words \u201cnot on the agenda\u201d leave the option open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThis is not a closed door. The evolution of the situation will determine the outcome,\u201d Pierre said. \u201cIn the meantime, the government is doing everything we can to stabilize the country, return to a normal environment and organize elections while trying to come to a political agreement with most political parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charles, the police chief, said the head of Mo\u00efse\u2019s security detail, Dimitri H\u00e9rard, had been removed from his post and placed in isolated detention after officials interrogated him. Police had announced his detention in recent days. Charles said authorities will meet with him a third time before deciding the next steps.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00e9rard has not officially been named as a suspect in the investigation, but many Haitians have questioned how attackers could have invaded the president's house and killed him with no injuries among those assigned to protect him.<\/p>\n<p>The press conference was held a day after the Colombian TV station aired a report it said was based on information from FBI sources and Haitian authorities as well as telephone calls, pictures and testimony from those accused of participating in the plot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m issuing a formal denial to these allegations,\u201d Charles said, calling them \u201ca lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joseph, the interim prime minister, was about to be replaced when the assassination occurred. Mo\u00efse had named him to the post in April following the resignation of Joseph Jouthe, who held the post for just over a year.<\/p>\n<p>Two days before the assassination, Mo\u00efse announced that he had chosen a new prime minister, neurosurgeon Ariel Henry. But the new prime minister had not yet been sworn into office as of July 7, and Joseph has insisted he is in charge of the government, a claim that has been recognized by the U.S. and others.<\/p>\n<p>Charles said police have arrested 23 people in the killing, including 18 former Colombian soldiers, three Haitians and two Haitian-Americans. Police also have issued seven arrest warrants, searched 10 buildings, conducted 27 interrogations and placed four high-ranking police officers in isolation, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the investigation has benefited from the help of the FBI and foreign countries that he did not name.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, a group of FBI agents gathered at Mo\u00efse's private home and met with other officials as they entered and exited the compound under the gaze of curious onlookers while Haitian police officers walked to their vehicles with bags containing unknown items.<\/p>\n<p>Eight FBI agents are on the ground in Haiti helping with the probe, said to a senior Biden administration official, who agreed to give the information only if not quoted by name because he was not authorized to comment publicly. In addition, officials from the Justice Department\u2019s criminal and national security divisions, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office for the southern district of Florida are working with Haitian national police.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. law enforcement officials are focused on tracing the origin of weapons used in the attack, investigating any possible U.S. link to the killing and looking into potential charges that could be filed against anyone involved in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>He added that a U.S. delegation that arrived in Haiti on Sunday visited the airport and seaport in Port-au-Prince and discussed additional training and equipment that could be provided to secure that critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The official noted international \u201cfatigue\u201d for Haiti, adding that U.S. officials said they made clear to the competing Haitian factions that building a coalition government would go far to \u201creenergize support\u201d in the international community.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Pentagon issued a statement saying that a small number of the Colombian suspects had received U.S. military training and education programs while serving in the Colombian military. It said it had no additional details to offer pending a review that is still in progress.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has provided substantial support to the Colombian military over the years and has trained many of its forces.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Colombian President Iv\u00e1n Duque told private radio station La FM that only a small group of the former Colombian soldiers linked to the killing knew it was going to be a criminal operation. He said the others were duped and thought they would be traveling for a mission to provide protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce they were over there, the information they were given changed,\u201d Duque said, adding that \u201cthey ended up involved in these unfortunate events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Madhani reported from Chicago. Associated Press writers Astrid Su\u00e1rez in Bucaramanga, Colombia; and Zeke Miller and Robert Burns in Washington contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1626412919,"publishedAt":1626413407,"updatedAt":1626413411,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/07\/16\/haiti-police-reject-reports-that-the-country-s-interim-prime-minister-is-behind-the-assass","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/88\/34\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5aee601a-66cd-5851-a6c2-a2ada1532e6b-5883490.jpg","altText":"President Jovenel Moise was assassinated inside his residency in Port-au-Prince on July 7","caption":"President Jovenel Moise was assassinated inside his residency in Port-au-Prince on July 7","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Joseph 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seeks five fugitives as president killing probe deepens","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Haiti seeks five fugitives as president killing probe deepens","titleListing2":"A former senator and an informant for the US government are among the latest suspects identified in the sweeping investigation. #Haiti","leadin":"Police say they are tracking down five fugitives suspected in the killing of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, including a former Senator and an informant for the US government.","summary":"Police say they are tracking down five fugitives suspected in the killing of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, including a former Senator and an informant for the US government.","keySentence":null,"url":"haiti-seeks-five-fugitives-as-president-killing-probe-deepens","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A former Haitian senator, a fired government official and an informant for the US government are the latest suspects identified as part of a sweeping investigation into the killing of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse. \n\nThe men are among five fugitives whom police say are armed and dangerous as they continued on Wednesday to track down those suspected in the July 7 pre-dawn attack at Mo\u00efse\u2019s private home in which the president was shot to death and his wife, Martine, wounded. \n\nOne of the suspects was identified as former Sen. John Jo\u00ebl Joseph, a well-known Haitian politician and opponent to the Tet Kale party that Mo\u00efse belonged to. In a video posted last year on YouTube, Joseph compared Mo\u00efse to the coronavirus, saying Haitians have died from hunger or been killed amid a spike in violence under his administration. \n\n\u201cInsecurity has infected every single Haitian,\u201d he said. \n\nPolice identified the second suspect as Joseph Felix Badio. He previously worked for Haiti\u2019s Ministry of Justice and joined the government\u2019s anti-corruption unit in March 2013. The agency issued a statement saying Badio was fired in May following \u201cserious breaches\u201d of unspecified ethical rules, adding that it filed a complaint against him. \n\n\u201cThis villainous act is an affront to our democracy,\u201d the unit said in a statement on Tuesday. \u201cThe authors, co-authors, accomplices must be hunted down, investigated and punished with the utmost rigour.\u201d \n\nThe third suspect was identified as Rodolphe Jaar. He was born in Haiti, speaks English and has a college degree in business administration, according to court records. He is not a US citizen. \n\nJaar uses the alias \u201cWhiskey\u201d and in 2013 was indicted in federal court in South Florida on charges of conspiring to smuggle cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela through Haiti to the US. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nearly four years in prison, according to court records. \n\nAt his 2015 sentencing hearing, Jaar\u2019s attorney told the court that Jaar had been a confidential source for the US government for several years before his indictment. He also agreed to cooperate with federal authorities and asked for a lighter sentence, saying he had a wife, 1-year-old and elderly parents. \n\nIn June 2000, Jaar filed a civil suit against the US government seeking the return of a \u201clarge amount\u201d of cash taken from him along with his passport and tourist visa when he was stopped in a rental car by customs agents. He was not arrested at the time, but Jaar said he learned he was under investigation for money laundering. \n\nThe government later returned his property and did not file charges. Jaar, who dropped the lawsuit, described himself in court papers as the owner of a successful import business in Haiti. He said his family has operated the enterprise since 1944. \n\nAuthorities in Haiti are investigating Mo\u00efse\u2019s killing with help from Colombia\u2019s government, which has said 23 of 26 former Colombian soldiers suspected in the slaying have been arrested and remain detained in Haiti. L\u00e9on Charles, chief of Haiti\u2019s National Police, said three Haitians also have been arrested and at least three suspects killed. \n\nThe detained Haitians have been identified as James Solages, Joseph Vincent and Christian Emmanuel Sanon. \n\nPolice had said Sanon flew to Haiti in June aboard a private jet with several of the alleged gunmen. The 62-year-old is a Haitian physician, church pastor and Florida businessman who once expressed a desire to lead Haiti in a YouTube video and has denounced the country\u2019s leaders as corrupt. \n\nCharles said that Sanon was working with those who plotted the assassination and that Mo\u00efse\u2019s killers were protecting him. He said officers who raided Sanon\u2019s house in Haiti found a hat with a DEA logo, 20 boxes of bullets, gun parts, four license plates from the Dominican Republic, two cars and correspondence. \n\nA business associate and a pastor in Florida who knew Sanon told The Associated Press that the suspect was religious and that they did not believe he would be involved in violence. The associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said he believes Sanon was duped, describing him as \u201ccompletely gullible.\u201d \n\nThe associate added that Sanon had said he was approached by people claiming to represent the US State and Justice departments who wanted to install him as Haiti's president. He said the plan was only for Mo\u00efse to be arrested, and Sanon would not have participated if he knew Mo\u00efse would be killed.","htmlText":"<p>A former Haitian senator, a fired government official and an informant for the US government are the latest suspects identified as part of a sweeping investigation into the killing of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n<p>The men are among five fugitives whom police say are armed and dangerous as they continued on Wednesday to track down those suspected in the July 7 pre-dawn attack at Mo\u00efse\u2019s private home in which the president was shot to death and his wife, Martine, wounded.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5871444,5860308,5848190\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//13//mystery-grows-with-key-suspect-in-haiti-president-killing/">Mystery grows with key suspect in Haiti president killing<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//07//haiti-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-at-home-prime-minister-says/">Haiti declares 'state of siege' after assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//10//we-need-help-haiti-s-interim-leader-requests-us-troops/">'We need help': Haiti's interim leader requests US troops<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>One of the suspects was identified as former Sen. John Jo\u00ebl Joseph, a well-known Haitian politician and opponent to the Tet Kale party that Mo\u00efse belonged to. In a video posted last year on YouTube, Joseph compared Mo\u00efse to the coronavirus, saying Haitians have died from hunger or been killed amid a spike in violence under his administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsecurity has infected every single Haitian,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Police identified the second suspect as Joseph Felix Badio. He previously worked for Haiti\u2019s Ministry of Justice and joined the government\u2019s anti-corruption unit in March 2013. The agency issued a statement saying Badio was fired in May following \u201cserious breaches\u201d of unspecified ethical rules, adding that it filed a complaint against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis villainous act is an affront to our democracy,\u201d the unit said in a statement on Tuesday. \u201cThe authors, co-authors, accomplices must be hunted down, investigated and punished with the utmost rigour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The third suspect was identified as Rodolphe Jaar. He was born in Haiti, speaks English and has a college degree in business administration, according to court records. He is not a US citizen.<\/p>\n<p>Jaar uses the alias \u201cWhiskey\u201d and in 2013 was indicted in federal court in South Florida on charges of conspiring to smuggle cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela through Haiti to the US. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nearly four years in prison, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>At his 2015 sentencing hearing, Jaar\u2019s attorney told the court that Jaar had been a confidential source for the US government for several years before his indictment. He also agreed to cooperate with federal authorities and asked for a lighter sentence, saying he had a wife, 1-year-old and elderly parents.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2000, Jaar filed a civil suit against the US government seeking the return of a \u201clarge amount\u201d of cash taken from him along with his passport and tourist visa when he was stopped in a rental car by customs agents. He was not arrested at the time, but Jaar said he learned he was under investigation for money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>The government later returned his property and did not file charges. Jaar, who dropped the lawsuit, described himself in court papers as the owner of a successful import business in Haiti. He said his family has operated the enterprise since 1944.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Haiti are investigating Mo\u00efse\u2019s killing with help from Colombia\u2019s government, which has said 23 of 26 former Colombian soldiers suspected in the slaying have been arrested and remain detained in Haiti. L\u00e9on Charles, chief of Haiti\u2019s National Police, said three Haitians also have been arrested and at least three suspects killed.<\/p>\n<p>The detained Haitians have been identified as James Solages, Joseph Vincent and Christian Emmanuel Sanon.<\/p>\n<p>Police had said Sanon flew to Haiti in June aboard a private jet with several of the alleged gunmen. The 62-year-old is a Haitian physician, church pastor and Florida businessman who once expressed a desire to lead Haiti in a YouTube video and has denounced the country\u2019s leaders as corrupt.<\/p>\n<p>Charles said that Sanon was working with those who plotted the assassination and that Mo\u00efse\u2019s killers were protecting him. He said officers who raided Sanon\u2019s house in Haiti found a hat with a DEA logo, 20 boxes of bullets, gun parts, four license plates from the Dominican Republic, two cars and correspondence.<\/p>\n<p>A business associate and a pastor in Florida who knew Sanon told The Associated Press that the suspect was religious and that they did not believe he would be involved in violence. The associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said he believes Sanon was duped, describing him as \u201ccompletely gullible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The associate added that Sanon had said he was approached by people claiming to represent the US State and Justice departments who wanted to install him as Haiti's president. He said the plan was only for Mo\u00efse to be arrested, and Sanon would not have participated if he knew Mo\u00efse would be killed.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1626246244,"publishedAt":1626249957,"updatedAt":1626249958,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/07\/14\/haiti-seeks-five-fugitives-as-president-killing-probe-deepens","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/87\/42\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_44197fab-8fed-5593-8189-3539ce3033e8-5874266.jpg","altText":"A school turned shelter hosts families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, July 13, 2021.","caption":"A school turned shelter hosts families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, July 13, 2021.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Matias Delacroix\/AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5644,"height":3762}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":138,"slug":"haiti","urlSafeValue":"haiti","title":"Haiti","titleRaw":"Haiti"},{"id":25350,"slug":"jovenel-moise","urlSafeValue":"jovenel-moise","title":"Jovenel Moise","titleRaw":"Jovenel Moise"},{"id":12056,"slug":"murder","urlSafeValue":"murder","title":"Murder","titleRaw":"Murder"},{"id":10603,"slug":"haitian-politics","urlSafeValue":"haitian-politics","title":"Haitian politics","titleRaw":"Haitian politics"}],"related":[{"id":1596706}],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"AP","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":138,"urlSafeValue":"haiti","title":"Haiti","url":"\/news\/america\/haiti"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2021\/07\/14\/haiti-seeks-five-fugitives-as-president-killing-probe-deepens","lastModified":1626249958},{"id":1592752,"cid":5871444,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"210713_WBSU_41644330","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gs_politics','neg_facebook_2021','neg_facebook_q4','sm_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','neg_nespresso','gs_politics_misc','neg_bucherer','gv_crime','gv_death_injury','gs_health_misc','gs_law_misc','gs_law','gs_politics_american','gs_health','gt_negative'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Mystery grows with key suspect in Haiti president killing","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Mystery grows with key suspect in Haiti president killing","titleListing2":"Mystery grows with key suspect in Haiti president killing","leadin":"The arrest of a failed Haitian businessman living in Florida deepened the mystery into an already convoluted plot surrounding the assassination of Haiti\u2019s president.","summary":"The arrest of a failed Haitian businessman living in Florida deepened the mystery into an already convoluted plot surrounding the assassination of Haiti\u2019s president.","keySentence":null,"url":"mystery-grows-with-key-suspect-in-haiti-president-killing","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"New details that have emerged about a man considered a key player in the killing of Haiti's president deepened the mystery over the assassination that shocked this nation of more than 11 million people as it faces an uncertain future. \n\n\nLocal authorities identified the suspect as Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 62, a Haitian who once expressed a desire to lead his country in a YouTube video. However he is unknown in Haitian political circles, and associates suggested he was duped by those really behind the slaying of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse in an attack last week that critically wounded his wife, Martine. \n\nA Florida friend of Sanon told The Associated Press the suspect is an evangelical Christian pastor and also is a licensed physician in Haiti, but not in the US. The associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of safety concerns, said Sanon told him he was approached by people claiming to represent the US State and Justice departments who wanted to install him as president. \n\nHe said the plan was only for Mo\u00efse to be arrested, and Sanon would not have participated if he knew Mo\u00efse would be killed. \n\n\u201cI guarantee you that,\u201d the associate said. \u201cThis was supposed to be a mission to save Haiti from hell, with support from the US government.\u201d \n\nEchoing those sentiments was the Rev. Larry Caldwell, a Florida pastor, who said he worked with Sanon setting up churches and medical clinics in Haiti in 2000-2010. He doesn\u2019t believe Sanon would have been involved in violence. \n\n\u201cI know the character of the man,\u201d Caldwell said. \u201cYou take a man like that and you\u2019re then going to say he participated in a brutal crime of murder, knowing that being associated with that would send him to the pits of hell? ... If there was one man who would be willing to stand in the breach to help his country, it would be Christian.\u201d \n\nHaiti\u2019s National Police chief, L\u00e9on Charles, said Mo\u00efse\u2019s killers were protecting Sanon, whom he accused of working with those who plotted the assassination. \n\nCharles said officers found a hat with the logo of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, 20 boxes of bullets, gun parts, four license plates from the Dominican Republic, two cars and correspondence, among other things, in Sanon\u2019s house in Haiti. \n\nTwenty-six former Colombian soldiers are suspected in the killing, and 23 have been arrested, along with three Haitians. Charles said five suspects are still at large and at least three have been killed. \n\nColombian police investigating \n\nA US Drug Enforcement Administration official told AP that one of the suspects in Mo\u00efse\u2019s assassination was at times a confidential source to the agency, and that the suspect reached out to his contacts at the DEA after the killing and was urged to surrender. The official said the DEA and a US State Department official provided information to Haiti\u2019s government that led to the surrender and arrest of one suspect and one other individual, whom it didn\u2019t identify. \n\nMeanwhile, Colombia\u2019s national police chief, Gen. Jorge Luis Vargas, said that a Florida-based enterprise, CTU Security, used its company credit card to buy 19 plane tickets from Bogota to Santo Domingo for Colombian suspects. Most arrived in the Dominican Republic in June and moved into Haiti within weeks, Vargas said. \n\nHe said Dimitri H\u00e9rard, head of general security at Haiti\u2019s National Palace, flew to Colombia, Ecuador and Panama in the months before the assassination, and Colombian police are investigating whether he had any role in recruiting the mercenaries. In Haiti, prosecutors are seeking to interrogate H\u00e9rard as part of the assassination investigation. \n\nCharles said that Sanon was in contact with CTU Security and that the company recruited the suspects in the killing. He said Sanon flew into Haiti in June on a private jet accompanied by several of the alleged gunmen. \n\nThe suspects were told their job was to protect Sanon, but they were later ordered to arrest the president, Charles said. \n\nCharles said that after Mo\u00efse was killed, one suspect called Sanon, who got in touch with two people believed to be masterminds of the plot. He did not identify the masterminds or say if police know who they are. \n\nSanon\u2019s associate said he attended a recent meeting in Florida with Sanon and about a dozen other people, including Antonio Enmanuel Intriago Valera, a Venezuelan \u00e9migr\u00e9 to Miami who runs CTU Security. He said a presentation was made for rebuilding Haiti, including its water system, converting trash into energy and fixing roads. \n\nHe said Sanon asked why the security team accompanying him to Haiti were all Colombians. Sanon was told that Haitians couldn\u2019t be trusted and that the system is corrupt, the associate said. He said Sanon called him from Haiti a few days before the assassination and said the Colombians had disappeared. \n\n\u201cI\u2019m all by myself. Who are these people? I don\u2019t know what they are doing,\u201d the associate quoted Sanon as saying. \n\nSanon \u201cis completely gullible,\u201d the associate added. \u201cHe thinks God is going to save everything.\u201d \n\nSanon has lived in Kansas City, Missouri and in Florida, where he filed for bankruptcy in 2013 and identified himself as a medical doctor in a YouTube video titled \u201cLeadership for Haiti\" in which he denounced the country's leadership as corrupt and accused them of stripping the country's resources. \n\nHowever, records show Sanon has never been licensed to practice medicine or any other occupation covered by Florida\u2019s Department of Health. \n\nSanon said in court papers filed in his 2013 bankruptcy case that he was a physician and a pastor at the Tabarre Evangelical Tabernacle in Haiti. He said he had stakes in enterprises including the Organization of Rome Haiti, which he identified as a non-governmental group, a radio station in Haiti and medical facilities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. \n\nAt the time of his bankruptcy, he and his wife reported income of $5,000 per month, and a home in Brandon, Florida, valued at about $143,000, with a mortgage of more than $367,000. A federal bankruptcy trustee later determined they hid ownership of about 35 acres in Haiti from creditors. \n\nFlorida records show Sanon started about a dozen businesses over the last 20 years, all of which failed, including ones that appeared related to medical imaging, physical therapy, fossil fuel trading, real estate and veganism. \n\nPM Joseph under challenge \n\nSanon\u2019s arrest comes as a growing number of politicians have challenged interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who is currently in charge of Haiti with backing from police and the military. \n\nUS officials, including representatives from the US Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, met Sunday with Joseph, designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry and Joseph Lambert, the head of Haiti\u2019s dismantled Senate, whom supporters have named as provisional president in a challenge to Joseph, according to the White House National Security Council. \n\nThe delegation also met with Haiti\u2019s National Police and reviewed the security of critical infrastructure, it said. \n\nDeployment of US troops 'under review' \n\nWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said the delegation received a request for additional assistance. She said deployment of US troops remained \u201cunder review,\u201d but also suggested that Haiti\u2019s political uncertainty was a complicating factor. \n\n\u201cWhat was clear from their trip is that there is a lack of clarity about the future of political leadership,\u201d Psaki said. \n\nUS President Joe Biden said he was closely following developments, adding: \u201cThe people of Haiti deserve peace and security, and Haiti\u2019s political leaders need to come together for the good of their country.\u201d \n\nMeanwhile, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Haiti\u2019s request for security assistance is being examined. \n\nThe United Nations has been involved in Haiti on and off since 1990, but the last UN military peacekeepers left the country in 2017.","htmlText":"<p>New details that have emerged about a man considered a key player in the killing of Haiti's president deepened the mystery over the assassination that shocked this nation of more than 11 million people as it faces an uncertain future. <\/p>\n<p>Local authorities identified the suspect as Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 62, a Haitian who once expressed a desire to lead his country in a YouTube video. However he is unknown in Haitian political circles, and associates suggested he was duped by those really behind the slaying of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse in an attack last week that critically wounded his wife, Martine.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5848190,5860308,5849854\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//07//haiti-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-at-home-prime-minister-says/">Haiti declares 'state of siege' after assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//10//we-need-help-haiti-s-interim-leader-requests-us-troops/">'We need help': Haiti's interim leader requests US troops<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//08//police-kill-four-suspects-in-killing-of-haiti-president-jovenel-moise/">Two US citizens and ex-Colombian soldiers detained over Haiti President Jovenel Mo\u00efse assassination<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A Florida friend of Sanon told The Associated Press the suspect is an evangelical Christian pastor and also is a licensed physician in Haiti, but not in the US. The associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of safety concerns, said Sanon told him he was approached by people claiming to represent the US State and Justice departments who wanted to install him as president.<\/p>\n<p>He said the plan was only for Mo\u00efse to be arrested, and Sanon would not have participated if he knew Mo\u00efse would be killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guarantee you that,\u201d the associate said. \u201cThis was supposed to be a mission to save Haiti from hell, with support from the US government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Echoing those sentiments was the Rev. Larry Caldwell, a Florida pastor, who said he worked with Sanon setting up churches and medical clinics in Haiti in 2000-2010. He doesn\u2019t believe Sanon would have been involved in violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the character of the man,\u201d Caldwell said. \u201cYou take a man like that and you\u2019re then going to say he participated in a brutal crime of murder, knowing that being associated with that would send him to the pits of hell? ... If there was one man who would be willing to stand in the breach to help his country, it would be Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haiti\u2019s National Police chief, L\u00e9on Charles, said Mo\u00efse\u2019s killers were protecting Sanon, whom he accused of working with those who plotted the assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Charles said officers found a hat with the logo of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, 20 boxes of bullets, gun parts, four license plates from the Dominican Republic, two cars and correspondence, among other things, in Sanon\u2019s house in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-six former Colombian soldiers are suspected in the killing, and 23 have been arrested, along with three Haitians. Charles said five suspects are still at large and at least three have been killed.<\/p>\n<h2>Colombian police investigating<\/h2><p>A US Drug Enforcement Administration official told AP that one of the suspects in Mo\u00efse\u2019s assassination was at times a confidential source to the agency, and that the suspect reached out to his contacts at the DEA after the killing and was urged to surrender. The official said the DEA and a US State Department official provided information to Haiti\u2019s government that led to the surrender and arrest of one suspect and one other individual, whom it didn\u2019t identify.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Colombia\u2019s national police chief, Gen. Jorge Luis Vargas, said that a Florida-based enterprise, CTU Security, used its company credit card to buy 19 plane tickets from Bogota to Santo Domingo for Colombian suspects. Most arrived in the Dominican Republic in June and moved into Haiti within weeks, Vargas said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Dimitri H\u00e9rard, head of general security at Haiti\u2019s National Palace, flew to Colombia, Ecuador and Panama in the months before the assassination, and Colombian police are investigating whether he had any role in recruiting the mercenaries. In Haiti, prosecutors are seeking to interrogate H\u00e9rard as part of the assassination investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Charles said that Sanon was in contact with CTU Security and that the company recruited the suspects in the killing. He said Sanon flew into Haiti in June on a private jet accompanied by several of the alleged gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were told their job was to protect Sanon, but they were later ordered to arrest the president, Charles said.<\/p>\n<p>Charles said that after Mo\u00efse was killed, one suspect called Sanon, who got in touch with two people believed to be masterminds of the plot. He did not identify the masterminds or say if police know who they are.<\/p>\n<p>Sanon\u2019s associate said he attended a recent meeting in Florida with Sanon and about a dozen other people, including Antonio Enmanuel Intriago Valera, a Venezuelan \u00e9migr\u00e9 to Miami who runs CTU Security. He said a presentation was made for rebuilding Haiti, including its water system, converting trash into energy and fixing roads.<\/p>\n<p>He said Sanon asked why the security team accompanying him to Haiti were all Colombians. Sanon was told that Haitians couldn\u2019t be trusted and that the system is corrupt, the associate said. He said Sanon called him from Haiti a few days before the assassination and said the Colombians had disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m all by myself. Who are these people? I don\u2019t know what they are doing,\u201d the associate quoted Sanon as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Sanon \u201cis completely gullible,\u201d the associate added. \u201cHe thinks God is going to save everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanon has lived in Kansas City, Missouri and in Florida, where he filed for bankruptcy in 2013 and identified himself as a medical doctor in a YouTube video titled \u201cLeadership for Haiti\" in which he denounced the country's leadership as corrupt and accused them of stripping the country's resources.<\/p>\n<p>However, records show Sanon has never been licensed to practice medicine or any other occupation covered by Florida\u2019s Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p>Sanon said in court papers filed in his 2013 bankruptcy case that he was a physician and a pastor at the Tabarre Evangelical Tabernacle in Haiti. He said he had stakes in enterprises including the Organization of Rome Haiti, which he identified as a non-governmental group, a radio station in Haiti and medical facilities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his bankruptcy, he and his wife reported income of $5,000 per month, and a home in Brandon, Florida, valued at about $143,000, with a mortgage of more than $367,000. A federal bankruptcy trustee later determined they hid ownership of about 35 acres in Haiti from creditors.<\/p>\n<p>Florida records show Sanon started about a dozen businesses over the last 20 years, all of which failed, including ones that appeared related to medical imaging, physical therapy, fossil fuel trading, real estate and veganism.<\/p>\n<h2>PM Joseph under challenge<\/h2><p>Sanon\u2019s arrest comes as a growing number of politicians have challenged interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who is currently in charge of Haiti with backing from police and the military.<\/p>\n<p>US officials, including representatives from the US Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, met Sunday with Joseph, designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry and Joseph Lambert, the head of Haiti\u2019s dismantled Senate, whom supporters have named as provisional president in a challenge to Joseph, according to the White House National Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation also met with Haiti\u2019s National Police and reviewed the security of critical infrastructure, it said.<\/p>\n<h2>Deployment of US troops 'under review'<\/h2><p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the delegation received a request for additional assistance. She said deployment of US troops remained \u201cunder review,\u201d but also suggested that Haiti\u2019s political uncertainty was a complicating factor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was clear from their trip is that there is a lack of clarity about the future of political leadership,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>\n<p>US President Joe Biden said he was closely following developments, adding: \u201cThe people of Haiti deserve peace and security, and Haiti\u2019s political leaders need to come together for the good of their country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Haiti\u2019s request for security assistance is being examined.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations has been involved in Haiti on and off since 1990, but the last UN military peacekeepers left the country in 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need help': Haiti's interim leader requests US troops","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"'We need help': Haiti's interim leader requests US troops","titleListing2":"\u201cWe definitely need assistance and we\u2019ve asked our international partners for help,\u201d Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said late Friday. \u201cWe believe our partners can assist the national police in resolving the situation.\"","leadin":"\u201cWe definitely need assistance and we\u2019ve asked our international partners for help,\u201d Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said late Friday. \u201cWe believe our partners can assist the national police in resolving the situation.\"","summary":"\u201cWe definitely need assistance and we\u2019ve asked our international partners for help,\u201d Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said late Friday. \u201cWe believe our partners can assist the national police in resolving the situation.\"","keySentence":null,"url":"we-need-help-haiti-s-interim-leader-requests-us-troops","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Haiti\u2019s interim government said it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilise the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse\u2019s assassination. \n\n\u201cWe definitely need assistance and we\u2019ve asked our international partners for help,\u201d Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph told The Associated Press in a phone interview late Friday. \u201cWe believe our partners can assist the national police in resolving the situation.\u201d \n\nThe stunning request for U.S. military support recalled the tumult following Haiti\u2019s last presidential assassination, in 1915, when an angry mob dragged President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam out of the French Embassy and beat him to death. In response, President Woodrow Wilson sent the Marines into Haiti, justifying the American military occupation \u2014 which lasted nearly two decades \u2014 as a way to avert anarchy. \n\nBut the Biden administration has so far given no indication it will provide military assistance. For now, it only plans to send FBI officials to assist with the ongoing investigation into a crime that has plunged Haiti, a country already wracked by gaping poverty and gang violence, into a destabilising battle for power and constitutional standoff. \n\n'Not interested in a power struggle' \n\nOn Friday, a group of lawmakers declared loyalty and recognised Joseph Lambert, the head of Haiti\u2019s dismantled senate, as provisional president in a direct challenge to the interim government\u2019s authority. They also recognized as prime minister Ariel Henry, whom Mo\u00efse had selected to replace Joseph a day before he was killed but who had not yet taken office or formed a government. \n\nJoseph expressed dismay that others would try to take advantage of Mo\u00efse\u2019s murder for political gain. \n\n\u201cI\u2019m not interested in a power struggle,\u201d said Joseph, who assumed leadership with the backing of police and the military. \u201cThere\u2019s only one way people can become president in Haiti. And that\u2019s through elections.\u201d \n\nJoseph spoke as more details emerged of a killing that increasingly has taken the air of murky, international conspiracy involving a Hollywood actor, a shootout with gunmen holed up in a foreign embassy and a private security firm operating out of a cavernous warehouse in Miami. \n\nAmong those arrested are two Haitian Americans, including one who worked alongside Sean Penn following the nation\u2019s devastating 2010 earthquake. Police have also detained or killed what they described as more than a dozen \u201cmercenaries\" who were former members of Colombia\u2019s military. \n\nSome of the suspects were seized in a raid on Taiwan\u2019s Embassy where they are believed to have sought refuge. National Police Chief L\u00e9on Charles said another eight suspects were still at large and being sought. \n\nThe attack, which took place at Mo\u00efse\u2019s home before dawn Wednesday, also seriously wounded his wife, who was flown to Miami for surgery. Joseph said he has spoken to the first lady but out of respect for her mourning has not inquired about the attack. \n\nWho has been arrested so far? \n\nColombian officials said the men were recruited by four companies and traveled to the Caribbean nation in two groups via the Dominican Republic. U.S.-trained Colombian soldiers are heavily sought after by private security firms and mercenary armies in global conflict zones because of their experience in a decades-long war against leftist rebels and powerful drug cartels. \n\nIn an unexplainable twist that would surely have outed any highly sensitive mission, some of the men posted on Facebook photos of themselves visiting the presidential palace and other tourist spots in the Dominican Republic, which shares Hispaniola Island with Haiti. \n\nThe sister of one of the dead suspects, Duberney Capador, told the AP that she last spoke to her brother late Wednesday \u2014 hours after Mo\u00efse\u2019s murder \u2014 when the men, holed up in a home and surrounded, were desperately trying to negotiate their way out of a shootout. \n\nIt\u2019s not known who masterminded the attack. And numerous questions remain about how the perpetrators were able to penetrate the president\u2019s residence posing as U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, meeting little resistance from those charged with protecting the president. \n\nBesides the Colombians, among those detained by police were two Haitian Americans. \n\nInvestigative Judge Cl\u00e9ment No\u00ebl told Le Nouvelliste that the arrested Americans, James Solages and Joseph Vincent, said the attackers originally planned only to arrest Mo\u00efse, not kill him. No\u00ebl said Solages and Vincent were acting as translators for the attackers, the newspaper reported Friday. \n\nSolages, 35, described himself as a \u201ccertified diplomatic agent,\u201d an advocate for children and budding politician on a now-removed website for a charity he started in 2019 in south Florida to assist residents of his hometown of Jacmel, on Haiti\u2019s southern coast. \n\nHe worked briefly as a driver and bodyguard for a relief organization set up by Penn following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that killed 300,000 Haitians and left tens of thousands homeless. He also lists as past employers the Canadian Embassy in Haiti. His Facebook page, which was also taken down following news of his arrest, features photos of armored military vehicles and a shot of himself standing in front of an American flag. \n\nCalls to the charity and Solages\u2019 associates went unanswered. However, a relative in south Florida said Solages doesn\u2019t have any military training and doesn\u2019t believe he was involved in the killing. \n\nWhat ties to the criminal underworld? \n\nJoseph refused to finger any attackers but said that Mo\u00efse had earned numerous enemies while attacking powerful oligarchs who for years profited from overly generous state contracts. \n\nSome of those elite insiders are now the focus of investigators, with authorities asking that presidential candidate and well-known businessman Reginald Boulos and former Senate president Youri Latortue meet with prosecutors early next week for questioning. No further details were provided and none of the men have been charged. \n\nAnalysts say whoever plotted the brazen attack likely had ties to a criminal underworld that has flourished in recent years as corruption and drug trafficking have become entrenched. Even before Mo\u00efse\u2019s murder, Port-au-Prince already had been on edge due to the growing power of gangs that displaced more than 14,700 people last month alone as they torched and ransacked homes in a fight over territory. \n\nProsecutors also want to interrogate members of Mo\u00efse\u2019s security detail, including the president\u2019s security coordinator, Jean Laguel Civil, and Dimitri H\u00e9rard, the head of the General Security Unit of the National Palace. \n\n\u201cIf you are responsible for the president\u2019s security, where have you been?,\u201d Port-au-Prince prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude was quoted as telling French-language newspaper Le Nouvelliste. \u201cWhat did you do to avoid this fate for the president?\u201d","htmlText":"<p>Haiti\u2019s interim government said it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilise the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe definitely need assistance and we\u2019ve asked our international partners for help,\u201d Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph told The Associated Press in a phone interview late Friday. \u201cWe believe our partners can assist the national police in resolving the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The stunning request for U.S. military support recalled the tumult following Haiti\u2019s last presidential assassination, in 1915, when an angry mob dragged President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam out of the French Embassy and beat him to death. In response, President Woodrow Wilson sent the Marines into Haiti, justifying the American military occupation \u2014 which lasted nearly two decades \u2014 as a way to avert anarchy.<\/p>\n<p>But the Biden administration has so far given no indication it will provide military assistance. For now, it only plans to send FBI officials to assist with the ongoing investigation into a crime that has plunged Haiti, a country already wracked by gaping poverty and gang violence, into a destabilising battle for power and constitutional standoff.<\/p>\n<h2>'Not interested in a power struggle'<\/h2><p>On Friday, a group of lawmakers declared loyalty and recognised Joseph Lambert, the head of Haiti\u2019s dismantled senate, as provisional president in a direct challenge to the interim government\u2019s authority. They also recognized as prime minister Ariel Henry, whom Mo\u00efse had selected to replace Joseph a day before he was killed but who had not yet taken office or formed a government.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph expressed dismay that others would try to take advantage of Mo\u00efse\u2019s murder for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not interested in a power struggle,\u201d said Joseph, who assumed leadership with the backing of police and the military. \u201cThere\u2019s only one way people can become president in Haiti. 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And numerous questions remain about how the perpetrators were able to penetrate the president\u2019s residence posing as U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, meeting little resistance from those charged with protecting the president.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5848190\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//07//haiti-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-at-home-prime-minister-says/">Haiti declares 'state of siege' after assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Besides the Colombians, among those detained by police were two Haitian Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Investigative Judge Cl\u00e9ment No\u00ebl told Le Nouvelliste that the arrested Americans, James Solages and Joseph Vincent, said the attackers originally planned only to arrest Mo\u00efse, not kill him. No\u00ebl said Solages and Vincent were acting as translators for the attackers, the newspaper reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Solages, 35, described himself as a \u201ccertified diplomatic agent,\u201d an advocate for children and budding politician on a now-removed website for a charity he started in 2019 in south Florida to assist residents of his hometown of Jacmel, on Haiti\u2019s southern coast.<\/p>\n<p>He worked briefly as a driver and bodyguard for a relief organization set up by Penn following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that killed 300,000 Haitians and left tens of thousands homeless. He also lists as past employers the Canadian Embassy in Haiti. His Facebook page, which was also taken down following news of his arrest, features photos of armored military vehicles and a shot of himself standing in front of an American flag.<\/p>\n<p>Calls to the charity and Solages\u2019 associates went unanswered. 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Police say they are still searching for eight others.","summary":"A total 17 people have so far been detained over the assassination, while three have been killed. Police say they are still searching for eight others.","keySentence":null,"url":"police-kill-four-suspects-in-killing-of-haiti-president-jovenel-moise","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Two U.S.-Haitian citizens are believed to be among 17 people detained in an investigation into the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, according to local authorities. \n\nL\u00e9on Charles, chief of Haiti's National Police, said on Thursday that the 15 others are believed to be Colombian - at least six of whom Colombia's government says are likely ex-army. \n\nWe are going to bring them to justice,\u201d the police chief said during the press conference, as the 17 handcuffed suspects sat on the floor nearby. \n\nHe added that three other people had been killed and that police were still searching for eight more subjects. \n\nColombia's government has not released the identities of the suspects it believes to be former Colombian soldiers, but has ordered the high command of the army and national police to cooperate in Haiti's investigation. \n\n\u201cA team was formed with the best investigators ... they are going to send dates, flight times, financial information that is already being collected to be sent to Port-au-Prince,\u201d said Gen. Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia, the head of Colombia's national police. \n\nMeanwhile, the U.S. State Department said it was aware of reports that Haitian Americans were in custody but could not confirm or comment. \n\nThe Haitian Americans were identified by Haitian officials as James Solages and Joseph Vincent. Solages, at age 35, is the youngest of the suspects and the oldest is 55, according to a document shared by Haiti\u2019s minister of elections, Mathias Pierre. He would not provide further information on those in custody. \n\nSolages described himself as a \u201ccertified diplomatic agent,\u201d an advocate for children and budding politician on a website for a charity he started in 2019 in south Florida to assist people in the Haitian coastal town of Jacmel. On his bio page for the charity, Solages said he previously worked as a bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Haiti. \n\nCanada's foreign relation department released a statement that did not refer to Solages by name but said one of the men detained for his alleged role in the killing had been \u201cbriefly employed as a reserve bodyguard\u201d at its embassy by a private contractor. He gave no other details. \n\nWednesday's attack saw gunmen shoot Mo\u00efse dead inside his private residence. His wife was seriously injured and is currently being treated in hospital. \n\nAs a result, interim prime minister Claude Joseph declared a state of siege in the country. \n\n\"In line with article 149 of the Constitution, I have just chaired an extraordinary council of ministers and we have decided to declare a state of siege throughout the country,\" Joseph said during a speech broadcast on social media. \n\n\"They shot and killed the president and injured his wife,\" he went on, assuring that their deaths \"would not go unpunished.\" \n\nHaiti, the poorest country in the Americas, has enduring gang violence and had recent protests against authoritarian rule. \n\nMo\u00efse had been ruling by decree for more than a year after failing to hold elections, and the opposition demanded he step down in recent months, saying he was leading it toward yet another grim period of authoritarianism. \n\nThe prime minister told the Associated Press that elections scheduled for this year should still be held. \n\n\u201cWe need every single one to move the country forward,\u201d Joseph said. \n\nDespite his assurances that order would prevail, there was confusion about who should take control and widespread anxiety among Haitians. \n\nThe normally bustling streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, were empty on Wednesday. Sporadic gunshots were heard in the distance, public transportation was scarce, and some people searched for businesses that were open for food and water, the AP reported. \n\nProfessional killers \n\nBocchit Edmond, the Haitian ambassador to the United States, said the attack on the 53-year-old Mo\u00efse \"was carried out by foreign mercenaries and professional killers \u2014 well-orchestrated,\u201d and that they were masquerading as agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. \n\nThe DEA has an office in the Haitian capital to assist the government in counternarcotics programs, according to the US Embassy. \n\nMo\u00efse's wife, Martine, was in stable but critical condition and was being moved to Miami for treatment, Edmond said in Washington. \n\nThe Dominican Republic said it was closing the border and reinforcing security in the area, describing the frontier as \u2033completely calm.\u2033 \n\nIt was a testament to Haiti\u2019s fragile political situation that Joseph, a protege of Mo\u00efse who was only supposed to be prime minster temporarily, found himself in charge. \n\nBut Haiti appears to have few other options. The Supreme Court\u2019s chief justice, who might be expected to help provide stability in a crisis, died recently of COVID-19. \n\nJoseph is likely to lead Haiti for the time being, though that could change in a nation where constitutional provisions have been erratically observed, said Alex Dupuy, a Haiti-born sociologist at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. \n\nThe best scenario would be for the acting prime minister and opposition parties to come together and hold elections, Dupuy said. \n\n\u201cBut, in Haiti, nothing can be taken for granted. It depends how the current balance of forces in Haiti plays out,\u201d he said, describing the situation as dangerous and volatile. \n\nHaiti's police force is already grappling with a recent spike in violence in Port-au-Prince that has displaced more than 14,700 people, he said. \n\nFormer President Michel Martelly, whom Mo\u00efse succeeded, called the assassination \u201ca hard blow for our country and for Haitian democracy, which is struggling to find its way.\u201d \n\nUS President Joe Biden said he was \u201cshocked and saddened to hear of the horrific assassination,\u201d and condemned \u201cthis heinous act.\u201d \n\n\u201cThe United States offers condolences to the people of Haiti, and we stand ready to assist as we continue to work for a safe and secure Haiti,\u201d Biden said in a statement. \n\nUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also condemned the assassination and stressed that \u201cthe perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice,\u201d according to spokesman Stephane Dujarric. The Security Council scheduled an emergency closed meeting on Haiti for Thursday. \n\nPolitical instability \n\nMo\u00efse was killed a day after he nominated Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon, as the new prime minister. Joseph took over the job of interim prime minister in April following the resignation of the previous premier, Joseph Jouthe \u2014 the latest in a revolving door of prime ministers. \n\nIn the AP interview, Joseph said he had spoken three times with Henry and that there was agreement he was in charge for now. \n\n\u201cHe was actually designated but never took office,\u201d Joseph said of Henry. \u201cI was the one who was a prime minister, who was in office. This is what the law and the constitution says.\u201d \n\nHowever, in a separate AP interview, Henry appeared to contradict Joseph. \u201cIt\u2019s an exceptional situation. There is a bit of confusion,\u201d he said. \u201cI am the prime minister in office.\u201d \n\nHaiti's economic, political and social woes have deepened recently, with gang violence spiking in Port-au-Prince, inflation spiralling, and food and fuel becoming scarcer in a country where 60% of the population makes less than $2 a day. \n\nThese troubles come as Haiti is still trying to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake and Hurricane Matthew in 2016.","htmlText":"<p>Two U.S.-Haitian citizens are believed to be among 17 people detained in an investigation into the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, according to local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9on Charles, chief of Haiti's National Police, said on Thursday that the 15 others are believed to be Colombian - at least six of whom Colombia's government says are likely ex-army.<\/p>\n<p>We are going to bring them to justice,\u201d the police chief said during the press conference, as the 17 handcuffed suspects sat on the floor nearby.<\/p>\n<p>He added that three other people had been killed and that police were still searching for eight more subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Colombia's government has not released the identities of the suspects it believes to be former Colombian soldiers, but has ordered the high command of the army and national police to cooperate in Haiti's investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA team was formed with the best investigators ... they are going to send dates, flight times, financial information that is already being collected to be sent to Port-au-Prince,\u201d said Gen. Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia, the head of Colombia's national police.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department said it was aware of reports that Haitian Americans were in custody but could not confirm or comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Haitian Americans were identified by Haitian officials as James Solages and Joseph Vincent. Solages, at age 35, is the youngest of the suspects and the oldest is 55, according to a document shared by Haiti\u2019s minister of elections, Mathias Pierre. He would not provide further information on those in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Solages described himself as a \u201ccertified diplomatic agent,\u201d an advocate for children and budding politician on a website for a charity he started in 2019 in south Florida to assist people in the Haitian coastal town of Jacmel. On his bio page for the charity, Solages said he previously worked as a bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Canada's foreign relation department released a statement that did not refer to Solages by name but said one of the men detained for his alleged role in the killing had been \u201cbriefly employed as a reserve bodyguard\u201d at its embassy by a private contractor. He gave no other details.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday's attack saw gunmen shoot Mo\u00efse dead inside his private residence. His wife was seriously injured and is currently being treated in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, interim prime minister Claude Joseph declared a state of siege in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\"In line with article 149 of the Constitution, I have just chaired an extraordinary council of ministers and we have decided to declare a state of siege throughout the country,\" Joseph said during a speech broadcast on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\"They shot and killed the president and injured his wife,\" he went on, assuring that their deaths \"would not go unpunished.\"<\/p>\n<p>Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, has enduring gang violence and had recent protests against authoritarian rule.<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00efse had been ruling by decree for more than a year after failing to hold elections, and the opposition demanded he step down in recent months, saying he was leading it toward yet another grim period of authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister told the Associated Press that elections scheduled for this year should still be held.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need every single one to move the country forward,\u201d Joseph said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his assurances that order would prevail, there was confusion about who should take control and widespread anxiety among Haitians.<\/p>\n<p>The normally bustling streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, were empty on Wednesday. Sporadic gunshots were heard in the distance, public transportation was scarce, and some people searched for businesses that were open for food and water, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<h2>Professional killers<\/h2><p>Bocchit Edmond, the Haitian ambassador to the United States, said the attack on the 53-year-old Mo\u00efse \"was carried out by foreign mercenaries and professional killers \u2014 well-orchestrated,\u201d and that they were masquerading as agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The DEA has an office in the Haitian capital to assist the government in counternarcotics programs, according to the US Embassy.<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00efse's wife, Martine, was in stable but critical condition and was being moved to Miami for treatment, Edmond said in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The Dominican Republic said it was closing the border and reinforcing security in the area, describing the frontier as \u2033completely calm.\u2033<\/p>\n<p>It was a testament to Haiti\u2019s fragile political situation that Joseph, a protege of Mo\u00efse who was only supposed to be prime minster temporarily, found himself in charge.<\/p>\n<p>But Haiti appears to have few other options. The Supreme Court\u2019s chief justice, who might be expected to help provide stability in a crisis, died recently of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph is likely to lead Haiti for the time being, though that could change in a nation where constitutional provisions have been erratically observed, said Alex Dupuy, a Haiti-born sociologist at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>The best scenario would be for the acting prime minister and opposition parties to come together and hold elections, Dupuy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, in Haiti, nothing can be taken for granted. It depends how the current balance of forces in Haiti plays out,\u201d he said, describing the situation as dangerous and volatile.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti's police force is already grappling with a recent spike in violence in Port-au-Prince that has displaced more than 14,700 people, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Michel Martelly, whom Mo\u00efse succeeded, called the assassination \u201ca hard blow for our country and for Haitian democracy, which is struggling to find its way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>US President Joe Biden said he was \u201cshocked and saddened to hear of the horrific assassination,\u201d and condemned \u201cthis heinous act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States offers condolences to the people of Haiti, and we stand ready to assist as we continue to work for a safe and secure Haiti,\u201d Biden said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also condemned the assassination and stressed that \u201cthe perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice,\u201d according to spokesman Stephane Dujarric. The Security Council scheduled an emergency closed meeting on Haiti for Thursday.<\/p>\n<h2>Political instability<\/h2><p>Mo\u00efse was killed a day after he nominated Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon, as the new prime minister. Joseph took over the job of interim prime minister in April following the resignation of the previous premier, Joseph Jouthe \u2014 the latest in a revolving door of prime ministers.<\/p>\n<p>In the AP interview, Joseph said he had spoken three times with Henry and that there was agreement he was in charge for now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was actually designated but never took office,\u201d Joseph said of Henry. \u201cI was the one who was a prime minister, who was in office. This is what the law and the constitution says.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, in a separate AP interview, Henry appeared to contradict Joseph. \u201cIt\u2019s an exceptional situation. 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declares 'state of siege' after assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Haiti declares 'state of siege' after assassination of president","titleListing2":"Haiti President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was assassinated at home, the country's interim prime minister announced.","leadin":"Haiti President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was assassinated at home, the country's interim prime minister announced.","summary":"Haiti President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was assassinated at home, the country's interim prime minister announced.","keySentence":null,"url":"haiti-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-at-home-prime-minister-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Interim Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph declared a state of siege in the country on Wednesday, hours after the assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse at his private residence. \n\n\"In line with article 149 of the Constitution, I have just chaired an extraordinary council of ministers and we have decided to declare a state of siege throughout the country,\" Joseph said during a speech broadcast on social media. \n\n\"They shot and killed the president and injured his wife,\" he went on, assuring that their deaths \"would not go unpunished.\" \n\nMo\u00efse's wife, First Lady Martine Mo\u00efse, has been hospitalised, Joseph said. \n\n\"It is democracy and the Republic which must win. The dark forces will lose,\" he insisted. \n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Joseph called the attack a \u201chateful, inhumane and barbaric act,\u201d adding that Haiti\u2019s National Police and other authorities had the situation in the Caribbean country under control. \n\n\nBocchit Edmond, the Haitian ambassador to the United States, said the attack was carried out by \u201cwell-trained professional commandos\u201d and \u201cforeign mercenaries\u201d who were masquerading as US agents. \n\nHe said the gunmen were not currently in Haiti and had probably escaped over the land border to the Dominican Republic or by sea. \n\nMo\u00efse's wife, Martine, was in stable but critical condition and was likely to be sent to Miami for treatment. \n\nSpiralling instability \n\nThe country of 11 million people has grown increasingly unstable under Mo\u00efse's rule with a spike in gang violence in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Food and fuel have become scarcer. \n\nThe country is also trying to recover from the catastrophic 2010 earthquake and Hurricane Matthew that struck in 2016. \n\nIn recent months, opposition leaders demanded that he step down, arguing that his term legally ended in February 2021. \n\nMo\u00efse and supporters maintained that his term began when he took office in early 2017, following a chaotic election that forced the appointment of a provisional president to serve during a year-long gap. \n\nMoise was killed a day after he nominated Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon, as the country's new prime minister. \n\nHaiti was scheduled to hold general elections later this year. \n\nInternational condemnation \n\nThe Dominican Republic ordered the \"immediate closure\" of its border with Haiti following the assassination. \n\nSeveral Western nations, including Britain and the US, have condemned the attack. \n\nThe White House described it as \u201chorrific\u201d and \u201ctragic\u201d and said it was still gathering information on what happened. \n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted his condolences while calling for calm. \n\nChristopher Sabatini, a senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House, told Euronews that Haiti was in a \"state of shock\". \n\n\"There was a pressure cooker that had developed within Haiti, and now with the tragic assassination of the President, we don't know what will happen with the rising level of political tension.\" \n\nClick on the player above to watch the full interview.","htmlText":"<p>Interim Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph declared a state of siege in the country on Wednesday, hours after the assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse at his private residence.<\/p>\n<p>\"In line with article 149 of the Constitution, I have just chaired an extraordinary council of ministers and we have decided to declare a state of siege throughout the country,\" Joseph said during a speech broadcast on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\"They shot and killed the president and injured his wife,\" he went on, assuring that their deaths \"would not go unpunished.\"<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00efse's wife, First Lady Martine Mo\u00efse, has been hospitalised, Joseph said.<\/p>\n<p>\"It is democracy and the Republic which must win. The dark forces will lose,\" he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Wednesday, Joseph called the attack a \u201chateful, inhumane and barbaric act,\u201d adding that Haiti\u2019s National Police and other authorities had the situation in the Caribbean country under control. <\/p>\n<p>Bocchit Edmond, the Haitian ambassador to the United States, said the attack was carried out by \u201cwell-trained professional commandos\u201d and \u201cforeign mercenaries\u201d who were masquerading as US agents. <\/p>\n<p>He said the gunmen were not currently in Haiti and had probably escaped over the land border to the Dominican Republic or by sea.<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00efse's wife, Martine, was in stable but critical condition and was likely to be sent to Miami for treatment.<\/p>\n<h2>Spiralling instability<\/h2><p>The country of 11 million people has grown increasingly unstable under Mo\u00efse's rule with a spike in gang violence in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Food and fuel have become scarcer.<\/p>\n<p>The country is also trying to recover from the catastrophic 2010 earthquake and Hurricane Matthew that struck in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, opposition leaders demanded that he step down, arguing that his term legally ended in February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Mo\u00efse and supporters maintained that his term began when he took office in early 2017, following a chaotic election that forced the appointment of a provisional president to serve during a year-long gap.<\/p>\n<p>Moise was killed a day after he nominated Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon, as the country's new prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti was scheduled to hold general elections later this year.<\/p>\n<h2>International condemnation<\/h2><p>The Dominican Republic ordered the \"immediate closure\" of its border with Haiti following the assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Several Western nations, including Britain and the US, have condemned the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The White House described it as \u201chorrific\u201d and \u201ctragic\u201d and said it was still gathering information on what happened.<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted his condolences while calling for calm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1412746979411742725\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christopher Sabatini, a senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House, told Euronews that Haiti was in a \"state of shock\".<\/p>\n<p>\"There was a pressure cooker that had developed within Haiti, and now with the tragic assassination of the President, we don't know what will happen with the rising level of political tension.\"<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on the player above to watch the full 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government had no immediate comment on the killing. \n\nThe country's online media association said Joseph was the third journalist to have been killed or \"disappeared\" since Moise became president two years ago. \n\nProtests over fuel shortages, galloping inflation and allegations of corruption by public officials have rocked Haiti for the past four weeks. \n\nAt least 17 people have been killed and 189 injured during the anti-government demonstrations, according to Haiti\u2019s National Network for the Defense of Human Rights, and schools and businesses have had to close.\u00a0 \n\nLocal media and the opposition reported the death on Friday of a 16-year-old in a protest in the town of Saint-Marc, just north of Port-au-Prince. \n\nProtesters in the capital, meanwhile, were marching toward the wealthy Petionville district. Their aim was to reach the home of Moise, who has been implicated in allegations of corruption and embezzlement of public funds. \n\nThe embattled president has denied any wrongdoing. \n\nSome of the protesters burned tires in the streets while others chanted \"Out with Jovenel\" in creole. Sound trucks blasted music with anti-government lyrics. \n\n\"We are in misery and we are starving,\" said one protester, Claude Jean. \"We cannot stand it anymore.\" \n\n\"We ask (Moise) to resign so that we have a new Haiti ... because we suffer too much in this country.\" \n\nMoise this week announced the formation of a commission to find a way of lifting the poorest country in the Americas out of its current crisis, but government critics said it was too late for dialogue and he must resign.","htmlText":"<p>The killing of a journalist who had closely covered Haiti's political and economic crisis fuelled protesters' anger on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands marched on the home of President Jovenel Moise to press their calls for his resignation. <\/p>\n<p>Nehemie Joseph was found dead in his car with several gunshot wounds to the head late on Thursday, according to his media outlet Radio Mega.<\/p>\n<p>Violent crime is rife in Haiti, and the circumstances behind Joseph's killing were not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>He had complained publicly last month of threats from politicians close to the government over his work, but Haiti's police and government had no immediate comment on the killing.<\/p>\n<p>The country's online media association said Joseph was the third journalist to have been killed or \"disappeared\" since Moise became president two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Protests over fuel shortages, galloping inflation and allegations of corruption by public officials have rocked Haiti for the past four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>At least 17 people have been killed and 189 injured during the anti-government demonstrations, according to Haiti\u2019s National Network for the Defense of Human Rights, and schools and businesses have had to close.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Local media and the opposition reported the death on Friday of a 16-year-old in a protest in the town of Saint-Marc, just north of Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters in the capital, meanwhile, were marching toward the wealthy Petionville district. Their aim was to reach the home of Moise, who has been implicated in allegations of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.<\/p>\n<p>The embattled president has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the protesters burned tires in the streets while others chanted \"Out with Jovenel\" in creole. Sound trucks blasted music with anti-government lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are in misery and we are starving,\" said one protester, Claude Jean. \"We cannot stand it anymore.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We ask (Moise) to resign so that we have a new Haiti ... because we suffer too much in this country.\"<\/p>\n<p>Moise this week announced the formation of a commission to find a way of lifting the poorest country in the Americas out of its current crisis, but government critics said it was too late for dialogue and he must resign.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1570828072,"publishedAt":1570828371,"updatedAt":1570828373,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2019\/10\/11\/journalist-s-killing-fuels-ire-of-haiti-protesters","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":138,"slug":"haiti","urlSafeValue":"haiti","title":"Haiti","titleRaw":"Haiti"},{"id":10603,"slug":"haitian-politics","urlSafeValue":"haitian-politics","title":"Haitian politics","titleRaw":"Haitian politics"},{"id":4472,"slug":"journalist","urlSafeValue":"journalist","title":"Journalist","titleRaw":"Journalist"}],"related":[{"id":1009748}],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"Reuters","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":138,"urlSafeValue":"haiti","title":"Haiti","url":"\/news\/america\/haiti"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2019\/10\/11\/journalist-s-killing-fuels-ire-of-haiti-protesters","lastModified":1570828373}]"
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