US EditionHaiti prepares for new leadership as gunfire erupts and gangs threaten to overthrow government
OUEST DEPARTMENT, HAITI, AUG 7 – Laurent Saint-Cyr takes leadership amid gang control of 90% of Port-au-Prince and rising violence that has displaced over 1.3 million people, UN reports more than 1,500 killed recently.
- Amid dawn gunfire in Port-au-Prince, Laurent Saint-Cyr was slated to lead Haiti’s transitional presidential council as a gang federation pledged to overthrow the government.
- Amid public unease, some of Haiti's wealthy elites and politicians have been accused of financing dozens of gangs, challenging the country's leadership.
- From April to June, at least 1,520 people were killed and more than 600 injured, as gangs control up to 90% of Haiti’s capital, in recent years.
- A U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police lost two armored vehicles after becoming trapped in trenches dug by gangs, and gangs in Kenscoff recently kidnapped eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child.
- The U.N.-backed mission said officers thwarted attacks through patrols and boosted armed forces around infrastructure, while Haitians posted warnings to stay safe.
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Haiti ushers in last phase of transitional government amid color, class tensions
By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald The latest transition of power in Haiti is highlighting long-standing fault lines between the country’s Black majority and the mostly mixed-race business class and threatens to inflame unresolved social dynamics, spilling into the country’s already volatile politics. Adding to the tensions: The U.S. State Department is weighing into the fray, accusing unnamed “malign actors” of trying to destabilize the crisis…
New leadership appointed in Haiti as gangs threaten to overthrow government
A wealthy businessman on Thursday became the head of Haiti’s transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country as a top gang leader underscored the challenges facing the nation by vowing to overthrow the government.
Haiti inaugurates new leadership as gangs threaten to overthrow the government
Businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr became the head of Haiti's transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order as gangs underscored the challenges facing the Caribbean nation.
Haiti on Edge: Gang Leader Threatens Government Transition
Gang violence erupted in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with gang leader Jimmy Cherizier threatening the transitional government. Businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr is set to assume the rotating presidency amidst this turmoil. A multinational security mission has thwarted attacks aimed at destabilizing the nation. Scholarly calls for calm as the transitional council faces criticism for its handling of the crisis.
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