Haiti

Context

• Haiti's security forces were locked in a fierce gun battle with assailants who assassinated President Jovenel Moise at his home.

About

• Haiti is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.
• It lies to the east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
• It occupies the western three-eighths of the Hispaniola island which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
• To its south-west lies the small island of Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration.
• Capital: Port-au-Prince.
• The island was originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno people, who originated in South America

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haitian-president-shot-dead-home-overnight-pm-2021-07-07/