Angry protests before and during the funeral reflected the nation’s deep divisions, a backdrop to a moment many had hoped would help mend a fractured nation. Shots were reported outside the event.
Martine Moïse lays a hand on her husband’s casket during the funeral for the assassinated leader on Friday in Cap Haitien, Haiti.Credit…Federico Rios for The New York Times
July 23, 2021Updated 7:46 p.m. ET
CAP-HAÏTIEN, Haiti Heckled by protesters and surrounded by phalanxes of heavily armed guards, foreign diplomats and Haitian politicians attended the funeral of Haiti’s assassinated president on Friday, a tense event that laid bare a fractured nation’s problems instead of providing an opportunity for healing.
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