Jovenel Moïse obituary
The five-year rule of the Haitian president Jovenel Moise, who has died aged 53 after being assassinated at his home, was dominated by allegations of corruption and brutality. At the time of his death there was a dispute about the handover of power, and Moise, who last year had dissolved the country's parliament, was essentially running Haiti by decree, much as Napoleon had done more than 200 years before.
In 2016, Moise inherited a country still trying to recover from the 2010 devastating earthquake as well as Hurricane Matthew, which had hit just a month before. However, under his presidency, Haitians endured worsening living standards, including rampant unemployment, in a nation where more than half the population live below the poverty line. Inflation spiralled upwards and food and fuel became scarcer.
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