Moïse was embroiled in an election dispute. The Washington Post reports, “The dispute sparked a constitutional crisis in the western hemisphere’s poorest nation, where prices for basic necessities are surging alongside growing gang violence in the capital Port-au-Prince. Just in recent weeks fighting between rival gangs and police has displaced thousands of people in the capital, according to the Associated Press.”
Haiti's president was assassinated overnight at his home in a brazen attack by unidentified gunmen.
Jovenel Moïse had been in office for four years, and had been the target of months of protests.@Jacquiecharles, the Caribbean correspondent for the @MiamiHerald, explains. pic.twitter.com/BsbORAi4Q1
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) July 7, 2021