Haitian president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home. Gunmen stormed his residence, leaving chaos in a country already battered by poverty, corruption, and natural disasters.
U.S. leaders offered condolences, but Haiti’s instability is no mystery. International powers have treated the country as a project, not a partner. Foreign intervention, exploitation, and neglect built the vacuum Moïse filled — and now leaves behind.
The headlines will fade, but Haitians will still be left to pick up the pieces of a system built to fail them.