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☆ The Wife of Haiti’s Assassinated President Is Accused in His Killing
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( David C. Adams | Andre Paultre | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Haitian judge has indicted 51 people for their roles in the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, including his wife, Martine Moïse, who is accused of being an accomplice, despite being seriously wounded in the attack. Instead, it says that she and other accomplices gave statements that were contradicted by other witnesses, suggesting that they were complicit in the killing. The indictment also cites one of the main defendants in the case in custody in Haiti, who claimed that Mrs. Moïse was plotting with others to take over the presidency. The accusations echo those contained in a criminal complaint filed by a Haitian prosecutor and submitted to Mr. Voltaire. The official charge against Mrs. Moïse is conspiracy to murder.

Persons: Jovenel Moïse, Martine Moïse, Judge Walther Voltaire, Moïse, Voltaire Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Haiti, Haitian

☆ Crises in Ecuador, Haiti Could Fuel Migration in 2024, Report Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Kylie MadryMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands more people could be forced to leave Ecuador and Haiti in 2024 due to humanitarian crises such as intensifying violence, climate impacts and deepening poverty, the International Rescue Committee said in a report on Wednesday. "Multiple factors...will deteriorate living conditions for millions of people in Ecuador and Haiti, potentially forcing thousands to seek safety elsewhere," the IRC said. "The crises in Haiti and Ecuador are creating a ripple effect across the entire region," said IRC regional head Julio Rank Wright in a statement. "Without a functioning political system, the government will struggle to address violence and meet growing needs," the IRC said in the report. Food insecurity will likely also deepen in Haiti in 2024, the IRC said.

Persons: Kylie Madry, Julio Rank Wright, Jovenel Moise, Ariel Henry, Eli Moreno, Ros Russell Organizations: Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY, International, El, Global, Transnational, Global Initiative Locations: Kylie Madry MEXICO, Ecuador, Haiti, Colombia, Panama, Darien, Caribbean, Kenya, Mexico City, Panama City

A Haitian prosecutor has recommended charges against 70 people for the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Among the former Colombian soldiers and Haitian government officials accused in the case is one unexpected name: former First Lady Martine Moïse, who was seriously injured in the attack. Instead, it says that she and other accomplices gave statements that were contradicted by other witnesses, suggesting that they were complicit in the attack and notes that one of the main suspects in custody in Haiti claimed Mrs. Moïse wanted to take over the presidency. The complaint did not provide any more details about Mrs. Moise’s statements. Her lawyer denied the accusations.

Persons: Jovenel Moïse, Martine Moïse, Moïse Organizations: Colombian, The New York Times Locations: Haiti

☆ Police Fire Tear Gas as Hundreds Protest Government in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

National police used tear gas to disperse protesters, who set fire to car tires, filling streets with clouds of gray smoke. Henry assumed power shortly after the assassination of the country's last president, Jovenel Moise, in 2021. "We are not here today to wage a war against Ariel Henry to replace him with someone else. We are here today to wage a war against the system." The head of the Human Rights Watch earlier this year estimated some 300,000 people are internally displaced due to the violence.

Persons: Ariel Henry, Henry, Jovenel Moise, Dominique Thelemaque, Steven Aristil, Sarah Morland, Kim Coghill Organizations: PORT, Reuters, Human Rights Watch, United Nations

The one-page warrant contains little detail except to say that authorities are seeking to interview Martine Moïse about the case. Martine Moïse could not be immediately reached for comment, and a spokesman for an attorney of hers based in Florida said he was trying to reach the attorney. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesAfter the July 7, 2021 assassination, Martine Moïse was airlifted to a hospital in Florida for treatment. The case has largely stalled in Haiti, where more than 40 suspects were arrested in the killing, including 18 Colombian soldiers and at least 20 Haitian police officers. Four of 11 suspects in Miami have pleaded guilty, including a retired Colombian army officer and a former Haitian senator.

Persons: —, Jovenel Moïse, Judge Walther Voltaire, Martine Moïse, …, Voltaire, ___ Coto Organizations: PORT, Associated Press, Twitter Locations: Haiti, Florida, U.S, Miami, Colombian, Haitian, San Juan , Puerto Rico

File photo: A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead earlier this month, during his funeral at his family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, July 23, 2021. Vincent was arrested days after the attack alongside another Haitian-American, James Solages. At these meetings, the filing said, Vincent often wore a U.S. State Department pin leading people to believe he was employed by the U.S. government. Jaar and Rivera were both sentenced to life in prison, while John is expected to be sentenced on Dec. 19. Reporting by Sarah Morland and Kylie Madry; Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jovenel Moise, Ricardo Arduengo, Joseph Vincent, Vincent, Jovenel Moise's, Prince, James Solages, Solages, Christian Sanon's, Moise, Vincent's, Joseph Joel John, German Rivera, Rodolphe Jaar, Jaar, Rivera, John, Sarah Morland, Kylie Madry, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S . State Department, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Cap, Haitien, Haiti, U.S, American, Colombian, Florida, Haitian, Chilean

☆ Congo opposition party says activist killed in violence at election rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKINSHASA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A Congolese youth activist was killed on Tuesday by stones pelted during an opposition campaign rally in the east-central city of Kindu, the party of presidential candidate Moise Katumbi said. "This violence ... caused the tragic death of Mr Dido Kakisingi," the party said in a statement. Kakisingi, a lawyer and father of six, was the head of a political youth league in Maniema province that supports Katumbi, the party said. They didn't even send the police to secure us," said Seth Kikuni, one of the opposition candidates backing Katumbi. The CENI election commission has promised a fair and well-run election, but all of the opposition candidates have expressed concerns about potential electoral fraud.

Persons: Moise Katumbi, Arlette, Mr Dido Kakisingi, Seth Kikuni, Stephane Kamundala, Felix Tshisekedi, Katumbi, Martin Fayulu, Denis Mukwege, Ange Kasongo, Sonia Rolley, Alessandra Prentice, Susan Fenton Organizations: Democratic, REUTERS, Rights, Congolese, United, Reuters, Peace, Thomson Locations: Kitutu, Mwenga, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Rights KINSHASA, Kindu, Maniema, Africa's, United States

☆ Black Friday Spending Was Strong. How People Pay for Gifts Is Upending Retailers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Suzanne Kapner | Imani Moise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

More shoppers visited stores on Black Friday compared with last year. Photo: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg NewsRetailers aren’t just having trouble getting shoppers to buy sweaters and other holiday items this season. Store credit cards are also a tougher sell. But the stream is drying up as Americans carry fewer cards and increasingly finance purchases with buy now, pay later providers. Interest rates surpassing 30% on some retailers’ credit cards aren’t helping, according to analysts.

Persons: Victor J, Retailers aren’t Organizations: Bloomberg, Retailers

☆ Congo's Katumbi promises security in restive east
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsCongo's Katumbi promises security in restive eastPostedWith less than a month until Democratic Republic of Congo's election, presidential candidate Moise Katumbi has told residents in Goma that he will make security a priority if he wins. David Doyle has more.

Persons: Congo's, Moise Katumbi, David Doyle Organizations: Democratic Locations: restive, Democratic Republic, Goma

☆ Factbox-The Big Topics That Will Define Congo's Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

But despite its wealth of copper, cobalt and other resources, little is passed down to ordinary Congolese. Tshisekedi has sought to rein in China's 70% share of Congo's mining sector by re-negotiating that and other contracts. Risk-averse companies that had previously avoided Congo's mining sector due to instability are taking a second look as new opportunities to tap into its minerals emerge. Nearly 7 million people are displaced in Congo as of June, the International Organization for Migration said, up 17% from October 2022. Opposition parties said registrations were skewed by the national election commission to favour Tshisekedi's ruling coalition.

Persons: Edward McAllister DAKAR, Felix Tshisekedi's, Tshisekedi, Joseph Kabila, Zaynab Hoosen, Tshisekedi's, China's CMOC, Maja Bovcon, Kabila, Gecamines, Bovcon, Martin Fayulu, Moise Katumbi, Denis Mukwege, Edward McAllister, Ange Kasongo, Sonia Rolley, Bate Felix, Christina Fincher Organizations: Democratic, International Monetary Fund, Notre, Congolese, United Nations, International Organization for Migration, Oxford Economics, Islamic State, Allied Democratic Forces, Cooperative for, Senior, Catholic Church Locations: Democratic Republic of Congo, Saharan Africa, Kinshasa, Oxford Economics Africa, Congo, China, North Kivu, DR Congo

☆ Factbox-The Main Contenders in Congo's December Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

President Felix TshisekediTshisekedi, 60, son of Congo's late opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, came to power in a disputed 2018 election buoyed by a power-sharing alliance with former president Joseph Kabila. In 2018, he was prevented from entering the country in time to submit his candidacy for the presidential election. Old rival Martin FayuluFayulu, 66, a former Exxon Mobil executive, came second in the 2018 election that he claims he won. Before the 2018 election, Fayulu was chosen as the joint opposition candidate in a deal with Tshisekedi. Fayulu sent representatives to a meeting in South Africa where the main opposition candidates discussed joining forces behind one candidate.

Persons: Ange Kasongo, Felix Tshisekedi, Martin Fayulu, Denis Mukwege, Felix Tshisekedi Tshisekedi, Congo's, Etienne Tshisekedi, Joseph Kabila, unravelled, Vital Kamerhe, Jean, Pierre Bemba, Tshisekedi, Businessman Moise Katumbi Katumbi, Kabila, Katumbi, Martin Fayulu Fayulu, Fayulu, Mukwege, Marie José Ifoku, Bate Felix, William Maclean Organizations: Democratic, Peace, Exxon Mobil, Tshisekedi Locations: Ange Kasongo KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga, Congo, Congolese, Rhodes Island, Congo's Katanga, South Africa

☆ There’s a Reason a Killer Money-Saving App Still Doesn’t Exist
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Imani Moise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

There is a hard truth about the business of personal finance: It’s pretty tough to make money helping people spend less money. When Intuit shuts the budgeting app Mint down on Jan 1., it will join a packed graveyard of startups that tried and failed to cash in on financial responsibility. The problem with budgeting apps, it turns out, is that few people really want help with their budgets and even fewer are willing to pay for it.

Organizations: Intuit

☆ A Chance Encounter and a Fugitive Linked to a President’s Killing Is Caught
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( David C. Adams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A senior Haitian police official was shopping at his local supermarket on a recent weekday when someone caught his eye: the country’s most wanted man. The official, Ernst Dorfeuille, recognized Joseph Félix Badio, a former military officer who had focused on drug and corruption cases at the interior and justice ministries, immediately because he had once worked with him. Now Mr. Badio was a fugitive, the target of a warrant seeking to question him about the key role the police say he played in an infamous crime: the assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, in July 2021. Mr. Dorfeuille summoned help, and within minutes, four police officers armed with assault rifles arrived and detained Mr. Badio as he was about to drive away from the supermarket outside Haiti’s capital.

Persons: Ernst Dorfeuille, Joseph Félix Badio, Badio, Jovenel Moïse, Dorfeuille Organizations: Haitian Locations: Haiti’s

☆ Colombian ex-soldier sentenced for role in Haitian president's assassination
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead earlier this month, during his funeral at his family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 27 (Reuters) - Former Colombian army colonel German Rivera was on Friday sentenced to life in prison by a U.S. court for his role in the plot to kill Haitian President Jovenel Moise, whose 2021 assassination left a power vacuum that destabilized the country. Several businessmen have also been accused of helping fund and supply the mission with weapons. Rivera also relayed information to co-conspirators that the original plan to kidnap the president had become a plan to murder him, according to his plea. Reporting by Sarah Morland and Kylie MadryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jovenel Moise, Ricardo Arduengo, Rivera, Moise, Joseph Felix Badio, Mike, Sarah Morland, Kylie Madry Organizations: REUTERS, Former, Thomson Locations: Cap, Haitien, Haiti, Former Colombian, United States

☆ Want to Stick to a Budget? Grab a Pencil
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Imani Moise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Latasha Jordan ’s favorite budgeting tool is a blank sheet of paper. The 39-year-old from Durham, N.C., folds the page into three sections twice, an act of organizational origami she refined over the past decade. The folds create enough boxes to fill in nine months of income, expenses, debt and savings by hand. A budgeting app could save her hours and effort, but she insists that the drudgery of doing it herself is what makes it actually work.

Persons: Latasha Jordan ’ Locations: Durham, N.C

☆ This Is How to Make a Budget You’ll Actually Stick With
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Imani Moise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Latasha Jordan ’ Locations: Durham, N.C

She hopes the foundation's success in providing support to communities in Haiti even while gang violence escalates in the country will convince other nonprofits to help as well. “Part of this campaign is to help other funders understand that there is an ecosystem in Haiti that is functioning,” Montgomery Tabron said. We're trying to explain to partners that we can help connect them to those places, those pockets of hope where the investments will truly matter and make a difference." In the past month, “Pockets of Hope” raised an additional $20 million collectively in commitments from the Digicel Foundation, the Dunn Family Charitable Foundation, and the Amsterdam-based Porticus foundation. Actress Garcelle Beauvais, who emigrated from Haiti to the United States as a child, told The Associated Press that she wanted to support “Pockets of Hope” to let Haitians know that they have not been forgotten by the rest of the world.

Persons: Jovenel Moïse, Montgomery Tabron, ” Montgomery Tabron, “, Hope ”, Garcelle Beauvais, ”, Beauvais, that's, ’, António Guterres, ” Beauvais, Kellogg Organizations: —, Kellogg Foundation, Digicel Foundation, Charitable Foundation, Associated Press, Housewives, Beverly, United Nations, U.S . Agency for International, Government, USAID, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Haiti, Amsterdam, United States, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, ”, Prince, U.S

But he eluded capture, even as dozens of people in Haiti and nearly a dozen in the United States were arrested in connection with the killing. Evidence indicates that Mr. Badio was involved in nearly every aspect of the conspiracy, Mr. Johnston said. The Justice Department in Washington has accused several South Florida businessmen of orchestrating the assassination so they could install a puppet as president and secure lucrative contracts with the Haitian government. No U.S. charges have been announced against Mr. Badio, who owns a house in Rockland County, N.Y. Phone records viewed by The New York Times show calls between Mr. Badio and Ariel Henry, now Haiti’s prime minister, both before and after Mr. Moise’s killing, each of which lasted several minutes.

Persons: Badio, “, ”, Jake Johnston, Johnston, Ariel Henry, Moise’s Organizations: Mr, Justice Ministry, Center for Economic, Research, The Justice Department, The New York Times Locations: Haiti, United States, Washington, Florida, Haitian, Rockland County

MIAMI (AP) — A former Haitian senator pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the United States to charges related to the 2021 assassination of former President Jovenel Moïse. John Joel Joseph made his appearance at a Miami federal court and changed his plea after reaching an agreement with the government. Joseph, a very well known politician and opponent of the slain president's Tet Kale party, is one of the 11 people facing charges related to the killing in South Florida. Political Cartoons View All 1206 ImagesEight more defendants are waiting trial in the United States. The former senator was arrested in Jamaica in January, and in March he agreed to be extradited to the U.S.

Persons: —, Jovenel Moïse, John Joel Joseph, Jose Martinez, Joseph, president's, Rodolphe Jaar, Alejandro Rivera Garcia, Moïse Organizations: MIAMI, Colombian, U.S Locations: United States, Miami, Federal, Jamaica, South Florida, Haitian, Chilean, Haiti, Port

☆ Autopay Is Making Us Worse at Managing Credit-Card Bills
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Imani Moise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Clinical Juventus go third after derby win against Torino
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Massimiliano Allegri's side have 17 points, two behind Inter Milan and one behind AC Milan who play Genoa later on Saturday. That doesn’t preclude us from looking at other things, because naturally, we are Juventus," he told DAZN. "We must keep our feet on the ground and bring back what for many years was normality at Juventus, in other words winning games." Substitute Milik doubled the lead after 62 minutes with a header from another corner, which Torino keeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic misjudged. "We should’ve gone for the shot to finish off the moves and not allow Torino to stay in the game when they were struggling."

Persons: Federico Gatti, Arkadiusz, Massimiliano Allegri's, Allegri, DAZN, Gatti, Milik, Vanja Milinkovic, Savic, Dusan Vlahovic, Federico Chiesa, Moise Kean, Fabio Miretti, Kean, Tommy Lund, Toby Davis Organizations: Juventus, Torino, Serie A, Juve, Inter Milan, Milan, Genoa, Napoli, Fiorentina, Thomson Locations: TURIN, Italy, Gdansk

☆ Haiti is facing a surge of gang violence. These are the people who have been displaced
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Giles Clarke has never seen the gang violence this bad in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital and main port. Warring gangs control much of Port-au-Prince, choking off vital supply lines to the rest of the country. Clarke was in Port-au-Prince recently and photographed the overcrowded displacement settlements that have sprung up all over the area. "Mothers hold hungry babies as the NGOs rush to provide basic needs such as clean water, baby formula and a daily meal if outside security allows access. Many of those I met complain about being unable to access clean water or medicine."

Persons: Giles Clarke, Clarke, Ariel Henry, Jovenel Moise Organizations: UN Security Council Locations: Port, New York, Caribbean

CNN —The United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation wrestles with rampant gang violence and political paralysis. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the United States have also strongly urged the international community to back such a mission. Though approved by the powerful UN Security Council, the force would not formally be under UN control. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22, Prime Minister Henry told fellow nations that it was “urgent” that the Security Council approve a military mission to reestablish order. The Security Council has found itself in repeated deadlock in recent years amid deepening geopolitical rivalries.

Persons: Ariel Henry, General Antonio Guterres, Henry, Jean, Junior Joseph, –, Antony Blinken, Washington, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Zhang Jun, Vassily Nebenzia, Jovenel Moise, Maria Isabel Salvador, ” Organizations: CNN, United Nations Security Council, Haitian, United Nations, UN Security Council, UN, Haitian National Police, United Nations General Assembly, Security Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, United States, Russia, China, Kenya, Antigua, Barbuda, Bahamas, Jamaica, Port, New York, UN

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration pledged $100 million on Friday to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions. “The people of Haiti cannot wait much longer,” he told foreign minister colleagues from more than 20 countries that have expressed support for the mission. Political Cartoons View All 1173 Images“Improved security must be accompanied by real progress to resolve the political crisis,” he said. “The support mission will not be a substitute for political progress." Kenya’s offer to lead a multinational force has been met with some skepticism from Haitians and Kenyans alike.

Persons: —, Antony Blinken, Blinken, ”, ” Blinken, Jovenel Moïse, Dánica Coto Organizations: Biden, . Security, Security, Humanitarian Affairs, Food, Associated Press Locations: Kenyan, Haiti, U.S, Kenya, Haitian, Port, Somalia, San Juan , Puerto Rico

☆ How to Borrow Money in a High-Rate World
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Imani Moise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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