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Daily News Analysis

Haiti

8th July, 2021 Geography

Context

  • Haiti's security forces were locked in a fierce gun battle with assailants who assassinated President Jovenel Moise at his home.

 

About

  • Haiti is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.
  • It lies to the east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
  • It occupies the western three-eighths of the Hispaniola island which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
  • To its south-west lies the small island of Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration.
  • Capital: Port-au-Prince.
  • The island was originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno people, who originated in South America

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haitian-president-shot-dead-home-overnight-pm-2021-07-07/