{"id":5589,"date":"2021-07-12T20:03:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T20:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2021-07-12T20:03:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T20:03:28","slug":"what-the-assassination-of-haitis-president-means-for-us-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=5589","title":{"rendered":"What the assassination of Haiti\u2019s president means for US foreign policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“Moise himself had a tumultuous presidency beginning in 2017, marked by authoritarian tactics and inability to gain the Haitian people\u2019s trust. Soon after he was elected, Moise revived the nation\u2019s army<\/a>, disbanded two decades before. This was a controversial decision in a country still dealing with the aftermath of its catastrophic2010earthquake, stoking fears that the armywould drain already limited resources. Further skepticism came from the army\u2019s history of human rights abuses and the multiple coups it had carried out. The decision to bring the armyback set the tone for Moise\u2019s presidency, as he continuously prioritized his interests and power over those of the people. In the absence of a functioning legislature, Haitian law allows the president to rule by decree, and in January 2020, Moise refused to hold parliamentary elections<\/a> and dismissed all of the country\u2019s elected mayors<\/a>, consolidating hispower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further exacerbating problems, inFebruary, Moise refused to leave office despite legal experts and members of an opposition coalition claiming that his term ended on February 7<\/a>. Moise claimed that his presidency was meant to last until 2022, due to a delay in his inauguration after the 2017 election, and his refusal to step down led to mass anger and frustration culminating in public protests and chants of \u201cno to dictatorship<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the identity of the killers has not been confirmed, speculation seems to be determined by\u00a0party alignment<\/a>. Moise supporters have stated that he was shot by a predominantly Colombian group of hitmen, while some opposition politicians claim that he was killed by his own guards. Others have said that the Colombians were\u00a0hired as personal guards<\/a>\u00a0to protect Moise from external threats. FifteenColombian suspects are currently in custody along with two Haitian-American suspects, and others are still believed to beat large.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/7\/10\/22571475\/assassination-of-haitis-president-us-foreign-policy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Moise himself had a tumultuous presidency beginning in 2017, marked by authoritarian tactics and inability to gain the Haitian people\u2019s trust. Soon after he was elected, Moise revived the nation\u2019s army, disbanded two decades before. This was a controversial decision in a country still dealing with the aftermath of its catastrophic 2010 earthquake, stoking fears that the army would drain already limited resources. Further skepticism came from the army\u2019s history of human rights abuses and the multiple coups it had carried out. The decision to bring the army back set the tone for Moise\u2019s presidency, as he continuously prioritized his interests and power over those of the people. In the absence of a functioning legislature, Haitian law allows the president to rule by decree, and in January 2020, Moise refused to hold parliamentary elections and dismissed all of the country\u2019s elected mayors, consolidating his power.<\/p>\n

Further exacerbating problems, in February, Moise refused to leave office despite legal experts and members of an opposition coalition claiming that his term ended on February 7. Moise claimed that his presidency was meant to last until 2022, due to a delay in his inauguration after the 2017 election, and his refusal to step down led to mass anger and frustration culminating in public protests and chants of \u201cno to dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the identity of the killers has not been confirmed, speculation seems to be determined by party alignment. Moise supporters have stated that he was shot by a predominantly Colombian group of hitmen, while some opposition politicians claim that he was killed by his own guards. Others have said that the Colombians were hired as personal guards to protect Moise from external threats. Fifteen Colombian suspects are currently in custody along with two Haitian-American suspects, and others are still believed to be at large.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[174,272,355,1327,314,373],"class_list":["post-5589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-assassination","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-foreign-policy","tag-haiti","tag-international-relations","tag-presidential"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5591,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5589\/revisions\/5591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}