Haiti: new revelations in the investigation into the death of Jovenel Moise
President Jovenel Moise was assassinated by a heavily armed commando in his private residence on July 7, 2021. © ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES / NORTH AMERICA / AFP / File
By: Mikaël Ponge Follow |
Mikaël Ponge Follow
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This is enough to fuel even more suspicion.
Six months after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in his residence in Port au Prince on July 7, 2021, the New York Times highlights new elements implicating the current Prime Minister of the country, Ariel Henry.
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According to information from the New York Times, Joseph Felix Badio, a former Haitian justice ministry official suspected of organizing the attack that killed President Moïse, spoke to Ariel Henry before and after the assassination. He also went twice to the Prime Minister's residence, at night, without being worried, "
although he was wanted by the Haitian police
, " the newspaper reveals. The New York Times which also spoke with Rodolphe Jaar, former Haitian drug trafficker, turned businessman, who was arrested last Friday in the Dominican Republic thanks to information from the FBI. He blames another senior official in the current interim government: the police chief, Frantz Elbé. According to him "
Badio called Frantz Elbé, who at the time was a police adviser, and asked him to help him procure weapons for the coup in preparation
”.
Highly commented revelations in Haiti, especially on social networks as explained to us by Goston Pierre, editor-in-chief of the Alterpresse site.
Guantanamo, 20 years later
Guantanamo, and its prisoners in orange jumpsuits, chained.
A prison symbol of the anti-democratic excesses of the war against terrorism launched by GW Bush after the attacks of September 11, 2001. This military detention center opened just 20 years ago, on January 11, 2002, on the Cuban naval base is still today. in operation despite the closure promises of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Since 2002, nearly 780 men, Muslims, suspected of links with Al Qaida, captured in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq have passed through Guantanamo.
They are still 39 detained on site, including the 5 accused of the 2001 attacks who have never been tried.
This is a file by Véronique Gaymard.
Joe Biden on the offensive on minority voting rights
He says he is ready for a forced passage through the Senate if necessary.
Joe Biden intends to follow through on his promise to defend access to the vote for minorities, especially African-Americans.
The President of the United States and his Vice-President will travel this Tuesday, January 11, 2022 to Georgia, a southern state emblematic of the past struggle for civil rights.
Georgia has now become a symbol of the split between Democrats and Republicans over the conditions of access to the vote that many conservative states are trying to restrict.
In response, Joe Biden would like to pass two texts in Congress to lay down a federal legislative framework.
But the Republicans are united against these texts, currently blocked in the Senate.
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