Sky News published this video item, entitled “Haiti at boiling point after President’s assasination” – below is their description.
Haiti’s in a state of emergency after the impoverished country’s President was shot dead in his home.
President Jovenel Moise was a controversial leader in one of the world’s poorest countries, and frequent demonstrations would turn violent.
The international community, including Boris Johnson, have condemned the act, while calling for calm.
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay reports.
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Haiti is a Caribbean country that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic to its east. Though it’s still recovering from a 2010 earthquake, many of Haiti’s landmarks dating to the early 19th century remain intact. These include Citadelle la Ferrière, a mountaintop fortress.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (later Emperor Jacques I), defeated Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces and declared Haiti’s sovereignty on 1 January 1804.
Haiti became the only state in history established by a successful slave revolt. Apart from Alexandre Pétion, the first President of the Republic, all of Haiti’s first leaders were former slaves.
