Assassination of Haiti s President Fuels a Battle for Control Natalie Kitroeff and Catherine Porter © Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse Getty Images The late President Jovenel Moïse, center right, with Senate President Joseph Lambert, center left, in 2018. Most of the country’s remaining lawmakers have declared that Mr. Lambert should become provisional president.
The assassination of Haiti’s president has thrown the nation into disarray, spawned shootouts on the streets and left terrified citizens cowering in their homes. But behind the scenes a bigger, high-stakes battle for control of the country is already accelerating.
The fault lines were drawn long before President Jovenel Moïse was killed. For more than a year before his death, the president had been attacking his political rivals, undermining the nation’s democratic institutions and angering church and gang leaders alike.
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