This is the On the Media Midweek podcast. I'm Brandy Zedrasny, sitting in for Brook Gladstone.

On July 7th, Haiti's president, Jovanelle Mouise, was assassinated in his home.

The horror in Haiti, the First Lady also shot. Authorities in Haiti said the assassins were foreign

mercenaries, who had posed as U.S. drug enforcement administration agents in the raid on his home.

The question of who was behind the assassination is still an open one,

but Mouise had his share of enemies.

For the last 18 months, the 53-year-old had been ruling the country by decree,

without parliament.

The opposition accused him of corruption and ties to

organized crime. In the wake of Moises' assassination, international media coverage

followed a time-worn template to describe events in the island nation, emphasizing instability.

Haiti has been in more than its usual share of chaos recently. Haiti is a country in chaos,

where acts of everyday life have come to pose a mortal risk.

And violence.

Life in Haiti seems to have returned to normal.

But the normal Haitians are used to is violence.

It's a pattern with old roots.

Here's Porto Prince Haiti in 1915,

chief city of an island nation torn by internal troubles.

United States Marines land in Haiti to battle Haitian bandits

threatening destruction of American properties.

And native bandits... Time and again, after a coup, Bandits threatening destruction of American properties. And Native Bandits.

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