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Protesters Demand Resignation Of Haitian President Over Corruption Allegations
By artappraiser on Wed, 06/12/2019 - 2:07am |By Merritt Kennedy @ NPR.org, June 11
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is facing escalating challenges to his leadership after government auditors found even more evidence of large-scale corruption, ushering in days of street protests and strikes in multiple Haitian cities.
The capital Port-au-Prince has been flooded with protests, calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse. Thick smoke from burning cars and tires filled the air, as protesters waved flags and faced off against security forces.
Late Monday, Rospide Pétion, a radio journalist from Radio Sans Fin, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman. The circumstances are not clear, The Associated Press reported, though he had "just finished a radio program in which he talked about corruption allegations against the administration of President Jovenel Moïse." On Tuesday, Moïse described the journalist's death as an assassination and a "heinous act." [....]
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https://www.npr.org/2019/06/11/731640235/protesters-demand-resignation-of-haitian-president-over-corruption-allegations
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