In Haiti chaos, world powers struggle for new ideas Issued on: 08/07/2021 - 23:28 Crowds watch as two men, accused of being involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, are transported to the Petionville station in a police car in Port-au-Prince Valerie Baeriswyl AFP 4 min Washington (AFP) The last time a president of Haiti was assassinated, in 1915, the United States seized the Caribbean nation for 19 years. A century and multiple interventions later, some Haiti watchers say it's time for new ideas. The Western Hemisphere's poorest nation was already ravaged by overlapping political, economic and security crises, with swathes of the capital Port-au-Prince under gang control, when President Jovenel Moise was gunned down in a murky raid on his private home early Wednesday morning.