Why Was Haiti’s President Assassinated?
The Daily14 Joulu 2021

Why Was Haiti’s President Assassinated?

In July, a group of men stormed the presidential compound in Haiti and assassinated the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse. Months later, the case remains unresolved.

Investigating the killing, the Times journalist Maria Abi-Habib found that Mr. Moïse had begun compiling a list of powerful Haitian businessmen and political figures involved in an intricate drug trafficking network.

Guest: Maria Abi-Habib, bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for The New York Times.

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Background reading:

  • Mr. Moïse took a number of steps to fight drug and arms smugglers. Some officials now fear he was killed for it.

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