The Assassination of Haiti’s President

<p>Early on Wednesday morning, a group of men killed President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti in his residence on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince.</p><p>It was a brazen act. Very rarely is a nation’s leader killed in at home.</p><p>What does the attack means for Haiti’s future?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/maria-abi-habib?smid=pc-thedaily">Maria Abi-Habib</a>, bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The assassination of Mr. Moïse has rocked his nation, stoking fear and confusion about what is to come. Here is<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/world/americas/haiti-president-killed.html"> what we know and don’t know</a>.</li><li>The killing has left a political void and deepened the turmoil and violence that has gripped Haiti for months, threatening to tip one of the world’s most troubled nations<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/world/americas/haiti-president-assassinated-killed.html"> further into lawlessness</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>