Haiti a Year After the Presidential Assassination Justice evades Jovenel Moïse’s family and the rest of the country. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/haiti-a-year-after-the-presidential-assassination In June, a social-media-savvy gang known as 5 Segonn—Five Seconds—took over one of Haiti’s largest courthouses using military-type weapons and drones. The attackers burned documents and seized computers and safes filled with…

Haiti’s Leader Kept a List of Drug Traffickers. His Assassins Came for It. In the months before his murder, President Jovenel Moïse took a number of steps to fight drug and arms smugglers. Some officials now fear he was killed for it. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/world/americas/jovenel-moise-haiti-president-drug-traffickers.html Haiti may now provide the largest route for drugs destined for…

The Assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse’s family deserves justice for his horrific killing. So do all of the Haitian families who suffered during his rule. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-assassination-of-haitis-president There are close to a hundred gangs active in Haiti. According to Pierre Espérance, the executive director of the Haitian National Human Rights Defense…