Haiti’s newly installed transitional council has chosen a little known former sports minister as the Caribbean country’s prime minister, as it tries to establish a stable new government amid stifling
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Haiti s newly installed transitional council chose a little known former sports minister as the Caribbean country s prime minister Tuesday as part of its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence.
Fritz Bélizaire was chosen in a surprise move to replace current interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, gaining the support of four of the seven voting members on the nine-member panel but with other panel members saying they were unfamiliar with Bélizaire.