Why Haitians Are Protesting En Masse
Mass protests in Haiti have reached a fever pitch. Their target: the country's venal political class and its self-serving, US-backed president.
President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse addresses the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2018 in New York City.John Moore / Getty
An Associated Press photographer and a security guard were both injured when a Haitian senator pulled out a gun and started firing outside the parliament this week. Suddenly news outlets around the world remembered Haiti. The “if it bleeds it leads” adage was proven right once again.
But the Haitian people have been bleeding for years now.
The shooting was just one more incident in a crisis that arguably began long before President Jovenel Moïse took office in February 2017. The only notable difference on September 23 was that the victim worked for a foreign news agency.
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