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    Ariel Henry Is Set To Be Haiti's New Prime Minister. Here's What To Know About Him

    Two weeks after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse sparked a power struggle, a 71-year-old neurosurgeon-turned-politician will be sworn-in Tuesday as prime minister.
    by Scott Neuman Jul 20, 2021 4 minutes
    A cholera patient arrives at the Cholera Treatment Center in the Carrefour area of Port-au-Prince, on December 10, 2014. The Caribbean country's cholera outbreak started in 2010 and "an unacceptable number of people have been affected, with nearly 712,330 suspected cases and an estimated 8,655 deaths," the report by the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

    Nearly two weeks after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, the man he chose to become the country's next prime minister, Ariel Henry, is set to assume office. But any fanfare will likely be dampened by the monumental political and social problems facing the impoverished nation and its new leader.

    Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who will be replaced by Henry, remained in office with the backing of the police and military after Moïse's July 7 assassination. In the days after Moïse's killing a power struggle ensued, with both Moïse and Henry claiming to be in charge. Over the weekend, it seems that the two

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