Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home

AP ^ | July 6 | AP

[RandFan]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, according to a statement from the country’s interim prime minister, who called the killing a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.”

First Lady Martine Moïse was shot in the overnight attack and hospitalized, interim Premier Claude Joseph said.

Even before the assassination, Haiti had grown increasingly unstable and disgruntled under Moïse. The president ruled by decree for more than two years after the country failed to hold elections and the opposition demanded he step down in recent months.

“The country’s security situation is under the control of the National Police of Haiti and the Armed Forces of Haiti,” Joseph said in a statement from his office. “Democracy and the republic will win.”

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, the streets were largely empty in the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince, but some people ransacked businesses in one area.

[ConservativeInPA]

Even before the assassination, Haiti had grown increasingly unstable and disgruntled under Moïse. The president ruled by decree for more than two years after the country failed to hold elections and the opposition demanded he step down in recent months.

Makes you wonder what will happen in America if we don't have fraud free elections. That is the equivalent to not holding elections.

[dynachrome]

Will demented joe send the troops home from Afghanistan to that craphole? It doesn’t matter who is “president” there.

[laconic]

I am reminded of flying from Florida to the Dominican Republic in first class. The guy seated next to me told me that he went to the DR often, which has 2/3 of the island of Hispaniola, the other 1/3 being Haiti. He told me to look out the window and I could see the border between the DR and Haiti; I noted that one part of the island looked barren and all of a sudden there was a clear line going down it where all turned green to the east for most of the island. He told me that was the border - the Haitians cut down all trees for firewood while the DRs were preservationists. So the Haitians ended up with no wood products, no shade, and a constant threat of not only soil erosion but landslides.

[Vaquero]

Haiti …America…..the names one thinks of when one mentions banana republics

[reg45]

The NYT will claim that the assassin was a White Supremicist.

[ConservativeInPA]

Exactly. That is so true. I’ve seen it myself.

[1Old Pro]

The NYT will claim that the assassin was a White Supremicist.

They are already blaming America saying the perp had an "AMERICAN ENGLISH" Spanish accent. At least that's what soy boy toni dikopil on cbs this morning said.

[jimjohn]

ditto

[madprof98]

I thought the Clintons took the BILLIONS of dollars donated by ordinary Americans in the aftermath of natural disaster and used the $$ to fix Haiti’s problems for good.

[dfwgator]

Arkancide?

[House Atreides]

“… He told me to look out the window and I could see the border between the DR and Haiti; I noted that one part of the island looked barren and all of a sudden there was a clear line going down it where all turned green to the east for most of the island. He told me that was the border - the Haitians cut down all trees for firewood while the DRs were preservationists.…”
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[MercyFlush]

Dominicans use firewood but the Haitians use charcoal. Cultures that use charcoal as their primary energy source utterly devastate their environments. Haitians, Arabs, Somalis, Ethiopians, North Africans, etc. all use charcoal and all have devastated their forests and watersheds.

[1Old Pro]

The president ruled by decree for more than two years after the country failed to hold elections and the opposition demanded he step down in recent months.

AND, that "America", i.e. Biden, supported this. Yep, fraudulent leaders lead to chaos.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Maybe Haiti should stop worshipping the Devil.

[AZJeep]

Borders are often visible from space!
US Mexican border is clearly visible from space in inhabited areas.
The deserts look the same on both sides.

[Night Hides Not]

A bit O/T, but you reminded me of an experience from several years ago. On a flight home to DFW from Atlanta, I was seated next to a man from Alameda, CA. He had a low opinion of Texas and Texans, until we were near the airport.

He remarked, "you have quite a few lakes here." I told him there was only one natural lake of any size, Lake Caddo...the rest are manmade. Texans are smarter as you think."

Crickets.

[far sider]

That's really not true. Until the Duvalier regime, Haiti was just as forested as the Dominican side. The Dulaviers sold all the forests to Japanese factories to make cheap furniture for export to the west. That caused the deforestation. Efforts have been made to replant trees but all the good soil has eroded away. [The Duvaliers would probably still be in power today if it weren't for Reagan, who forced the regime out in the 80s.]

You are right about the stark contrast between the two countries when you fly in. It's very sad.

It's easy to look down on the Haitian people but almost all of the country's problems have been created by corrupt leaders controlled by outside interests. [It's not a coincidence that the Clinton Foundation is "working" in Haiti. Nothing new.]

[hinckley buzzard]

I’ve seen that picture. It’s a shame because Haiti doesn’t have to be that way. Problem goes back to being a French colony instead of British.

[setter]

Civil War will soon erupt and millions of haitians will be coming to America and biden will welcome them in.