https://www.apnews.com/2dba9cf693594bfc8fd2f432e7207704
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Protesters have stoned the Haitian president’s home and clashed with police, leaving at least one demonstrator dead in the third straight day of demonstrations against economic mismanagement and corruption.Organizers pledged more protests for Sunday, increasing pressure on President Jovenel Moise, who is calling for negotiations with his opposition.A crowd of thousands protested in downtown Port-au-Prince Saturday, and an Associated Press journalist saw at least one fatally shot, apparently by nearby police. Protesters in the Petionville neighborhood blocked the road to Moise’s house and stoned his property after guards protecting a Moise ally hit a woman’s car and beat her near the president’s house.Protesters are angry about skyrocketing inflation and the government’s failure to prosecute embezzlement from a multi-billion Venezuelan program that sent discounted oil to Haiti.
Organizers pledged more protests for Sunday, increasing pressure on President Jovenel Moise, who is calling for negotiations with his opposition.
A crowd of thousands protested in downtown Port-au-Prince Saturday, and an Associated Press journalist saw at least one fatally shot, apparently by nearby police. Protesters in the Petionville neighborhood blocked the road to Moise’s house and stoned his property after guards protecting a Moise ally hit a woman’s car and beat her near the president’s house.
Protesters are angry about skyrocketing inflation and the government’s failure to prosecute embezzlement from a multi-billion Venezuelan program that sent discounted oil to Haiti.
Another camera angle of protests in Port au Prince, #Haiti today. pic.twitter.com/8dIsEUjXmL— HaitiInfoProject 📡 (@HaitiInfoProj) February 7, 2019
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 10 February 2019 04:51 (five years ago) link
BREAKING: The President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise has been assassinated at his private residence, his wife also wounded in the attack.#NBSUpdates pic.twitter.com/JGbYbVgxsZ— Daniel Lutaaya (@DanielLutaaya) July 7, 2021
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 10:55 (two years ago) link
A “commando group with Spanish-speaking elements” being blamed.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/07/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-reportedly-assassinated
This has the potential to be very bad if the US tries to pin it on Venezuela.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 11:27 (two years ago) link
Official line from the government is that they were mercenaries.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 11:42 (two years ago) link
The Colombian government has apparently confirmed that some of the mercs arrested are former soldiers.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 9 July 2021 10:41 (two years ago) link
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/09/colombia-haiti-guns-for-hire-assassination?
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 10 July 2021 07:34 (two years ago) link
There are claims in the Colombian press that the ex-soldiers were hired by Moise because he didn’t trust his guards and some only arrived after the assassination had taken place.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 July 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
The plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse ran through South Florida, according to statements of captured Colombians who said they were hired by a Miami-area security firm.https://t.co/551RqWIm7s— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) July 10, 2021
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Saturday, 10 July 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
Relevant commentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ55CEm6wpY
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 27 October 2022 06:25 (one year ago) link