Guns, gangs and foreign meddling: how life in Haiti went from bad to worse
by Peter Beaumont from on (#5MBGP)
Corrupt elites and badly managed aid have ensured life for Haitians remains mired in violence and poverty. President Moise's assassination marks an escalating catastrophe
The Haitian political activist Marie Antoinette Duclair appears to have been unaware that two men on a motorbike were following her car through the badly lit streets of Port-au-Prince.
Her passenger on the night of 29 June was a journalist, Diego Charles. They had been attending a meeting, and she was now, at 11 o'clock at night, dropping him at his home in the Christ-Roi area of Haiti's capital.
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