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Open this photo in gallery Jovenel Moise speaks during the investiture ceremony of the independent advisory committee for the drafting of the new constitution at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, on Oct.... se assassinated: What we know so far about the president of Haiti’s killing Here are some key events in Haiti’s political history.... Plantations worked by slaves of African origin produce sugar, rum and coffee that enrich France....

PORT-AU-PRINCE( Reuters)-Haiti will hold a constitutional referendum on Sept.... Violence has spiked in the capital Port-au-Prince in recent weeks as rival groups battle with one another or the police for control of the streets, displacing thousands and worsening the country's humanitarian crisis. Elections were scheduled for Sept.... Postponing the referendum was done to give the health ministry time to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, Guylande Mesadieu, the president of the electoral board sai

A Bernie Sanders-backed group has launched a long-shot bid to keep North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorne off the ballot in this year’s midterms by claiming his alleged support for the 6 January insurrection renders him ineligible to serve in Congress.... Congress has done so only once since the end of the 19th century when it blocked a Socialist Party of America member named Victor Berger from taking office as a representative from Wisconsin. Recommended Who is the American Idol star

Here are some key events in Haiti's history: 1492-Spain colonizes the island of Hispaniola after the arrival of Christopher Columbus.... 1803-Napoleon Bonaparte's failed attempt to retake Haiti ends his dream of an expansive French empire in the Americas.... Haiti's victory leads France to agree to the Louisiana Purchase, a bargain deal that doubles the size of the United States. 1804-Haiti becomes independent under former slave Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who is assassinated in 1806....

WASHINGTON( Reuters)-Claude Joseph, who has nominally led Haiti as acting prime minister since the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, said in a Washington Post interview published on Monday he has agreed to step down, handing power to a challenger backed by the international community. The announcement appears to end a power struggle in the Caribbean nation between Joseph and Ariel Henry, the 71-year old neurosurgeon who was appointed prime minister by Moise two days before the kil

By Reuters Staff4 Min ReadPORT-AU-PRINCE( Reuters)-Haitians awoke to uncertainty on Thursday, awaiting the outcome of a gunbattle between police and a hit squad that assassinated President Jovenel Moise, while politicians argued over who should assume the leadership of the violence-wracked country. FILE PHOTO: People walk past a wall with a mural depicting Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, after he was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 7,

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for July 7 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... Here is a look at the situation: WHO WAS THE ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT?... se was a 48-year-old businessman and political neophyte when he was sworn in as president of Haiti on Feb....

Bullets were strewn in the street." Burn them!... But interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said on Thursday it was time for the economy to reopen and said he had given instructions for the airport to restart operations.... Officials have not given a motive for the killing so far....

In recent months, many districts of the capital Port-au-Prince had become no-go zones. Moise had talked of dark forces at play behind the unrest: fellow politicians and corrupt oligarchs unhappy with his attempts to clean up government contracts and to reform Haitian politics.... The banana exporter-turned-politician, who took office in 2017, had ruled by decree for more than a year after the country failed to hold legislative elections.... There are only ten elected officials in the Haitian g