The assassination of a Haitian president

RIP Banana Man

Jul 8, 2021

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No one saw Jovenel Moïse coming. Five years ago he was an unknown plantain exporter in northern Haiti, plucked from obscurity to succeed (and shield from potential corruption charges) Haiti’s outgoing proto-Trumpian President Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly. He then shocked pretty much everyone by going farther than his flashier political mentor ever had:…

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