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What Haiti needs most

When Jovenel Moïse, a deeply unpopular President of Haiti, was assassinated on July 7 by a squad of gunmen posing as DEA agents, the news stunned and horrified the world. As Haiti has descended into chaos, with calls for U.S. intervention, the world should consider the leadership vacuum this murder creates to be a vital opportunity.

Most Haitians shrugged off the news and braced themselves for the worst, while praying the violence that has plagued their lives the past few years

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