Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (https://www.cijn.org/category/haiti/)
Months of intense unrest in Haiti took a significant and tragic turn on July 7 with the assassination of embattled president, Jovenel Moïse. Such a development occurred as the country continued to experience accelerated political and economic uncertainty. CIJN contributor, Valery Daudier, gives an overview of the issues that now present themselves.
The PetroCaribe accord offered Haiti a unique chance to turn around economically.
“It was a Bonanza!”- Kesner Pharrell, leading Haitian Economist. CIJN Interview
Summary
Decades of violent political rivalries and instability, devastating natural disasters, and a dependence on external aid held hostage the island’s capacity to grow. In the past thirty years, there have been over thirty governments. Natural disasters have wiped out its agricultural sector. It remains dangerously underdeveloped.