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Mass protests in Haiti against president’s authoritarian power grab
Tens of thousands of people protested Sunday in Port-au-Prince and other Haitian cities against President Jovenel Moïse, who has taken steps over the past two weeks to consolidate a presidential dictatorship. Protesters chanted “down with the dictatorship,” while the police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
A protester holds up a copy of the Haitian constitution during a protest to demand the resignation of Haiti s president Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
With the full backing of Washington and imperialist-led institutions like the United Nations and Organization of American States (OAS), Moïse is violating Haiti’s constitution by remaining in power after his five-year term expired on February 7.
Haitians awoke Monday to empty streets, a tightened police presence and a deeper political crisis: Now there are two men who claim to be the nation's president. Opposition and civil society groups installed Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, 72, the oldest member of Haiti's Supreme Court, late Sunday as president for two years. In a video shared on social media, Jean-Louis, sitting next to a Haitian .