Why Was Haiti’s President Assassinated?

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🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In July, a group of men stormed the presidential compound in Haiti and assassinated the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse. Months later, the case remains unresolved. Investigating the killing, the Times journalist Maria Abi-Habib found that Mr. Moïse had begun compiling a list of powerful Haitian businessmen and political figures involved in an intricate drug trafficking network. Guest: Maria Abi-Habib, bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for The New York Times.

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0:28.4	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavredici.
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0:48.0	Since Hades president was assassinated this summer, his murder has remained a mystery.
0:55.1	Today.
0:56.6	I spoke to my colleague, Maria Abihabib, on what her investigation into the president's
1:02.4	murder reveals about corruption and drug trafficking in Haiti at the very highest levels of government.
1:16.9	It's Tuesday, December 14th.
1:24.2	So Maria, the president of Haiti, Jovenelle Moise, was assassinated five months ago.
1:32.3	That case remains unsolved.
1:34.9	But all along, you've been investigating this assassination yourself.
1:40.8	Where did you begin?
1:43.3	Well, I wasn't actually entirely confident that I could solve who did it.
1:50.1	What I tried to go about doing actually was solve a much simpler question, which was,
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