04/25/2024

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry Resigns

This allows for U.N. security, new elections to occur

Embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has submitted his resignation, clearing the way for a new government to accept the deployment of a U.N.-approved security force and lead this beleaguered Caribbean nation to elections.

Henry is to be succeeded by Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, who has been leading the government since Henry left the country on a diplomatic trip two months ago. Boisvert is to work with a panel of representatives from several political parties until a new government is appointed.

Henry, Haiti's de facto leader since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, initially enjoyed the support of the United States and other foreign nations, but he proved ineffective at reducing endemic gang violence or restoring order in the hemisphere’s poorest nation. He resigned in a letter dated Wednesday from Los Angeles but made public Thursday.

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