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Miami
After four months, Haiti has a new ministerial Cabinet taking charge of its day-to-day governance amid an alarming spike in violent clashes by gangs who are abducting people for ransom, blocking fuel distribution and carrying out attacks on neighborhoods.
Interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who took charge of the country following a power struggle after the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, on Wednesday announced his new government.
The list includes some familiar faces like former Education Minister Nesmy Manigat and Health Minister Alix Larsen, who will once more resume the roles they previously held in other administrations, and new faces like Justice Minister Berto Dorce.
Henry also replaced Foreign Minister Claude Joseph with Jean Victor Geneus, a former Haiti ambassador to the Bahamas.
The formation of the new Cabinet had been a source of intense negotiations with members of the radical opposition, known as the Democratic and Popular Sector, writing to Henry on Wednesday morning requesting to see the configuration of the new ministerial Cabinet before its official publication in the country’s gazette.
The group, which had agreed to support a Sept. 11 political agreement being touted by Henry, reminded Henry that they would not participate “in a government dominated by those who have destroyed the country for the past 10 years.” The reference was related to supporters of Moïse and former President Michel Martelly and their Haitian Tet Kale Party, or PHTK as it’s known, which made up the bulk of Henry’s previous Cabinet.
A neurosurgeon, Henry, 74, has faced a rash of criticism as armed gangs challenge his rule amid a worsening economic and political crisis that has pushed the country to the brink of complete collapse.
Miami
After four months, Haiti has a new ministerial Cabinet taking charge of its day-to-day governance amid an alarming spike in violent clashes by gangs who are abducting people for ransom, blocking fuel distribution and carrying out attacks on neighborhoods.
Interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who took charge of the country following a power struggle after the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, on Wednesday announced his new government.
The list includes some familiar faces like former Education Minister Nesmy Manigat and Health Minister Alix Larsen, who will once more resume the roles they previously held in other administrations, and new faces like Justice Minister Berto Dorce.
Henry also replaced Foreign Minister Claude Joseph with Jean Victor Geneus, a former Haiti ambassador to the Bahamas.
The formation of the new Cabinet had been a source of intense negotiations with members of the radical opposition, known as the Democratic and Popular Sector, writing to Henry on Wednesday morning requesting to see the configuration of the new ministerial Cabinet before its official publication in the country’s gazette.
The group, which had agreed to support a Sept. 11 political agreement being touted by Henry, reminded Henry that they would not participate “in a government dominated by those who have destroyed the country for the past 10 years.” The reference was related to supporters of Moïse and former President Michel Martelly and their Haitian Tet Kale Party, or PHTK as it’s known, which made up the bulk of Henry’s previous Cabinet.
A neurosurgeon, Henry, 74, has faced a rash of criticism as armed gangs challenge his rule amid a worsening economic and political crisis that has pushed the country to the brink of complete collapse.
