A year after the president's assassination, Haitians endure a broken nation or flee
With warring gangs and a powerless government since Jovenel Moïse was killed in his home, many are risking perilous voyages on rickety boats to start lives elsewhere.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A year has passed since President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his private home where an elite security team was supposed to protect him. Not only have authorities failed to identify and arrest all those who masterminded and financed the killing, but Haiti has gone into a freefall as violence soars and the economy tumbles.
Many have fled Haiti in the past year, making potentially deadly voyages aboard rickety boats filled with hundreds of Haitians that have repeatedly turned up on the shores of nearby nations. They chose to face that risk rather than go hungry and fear for their
