Haiti awaits new government after prime minister resigns


  • World
  • Tuesday, 16 Dec 2014

Laurent Salvador Lamothe, Prime Minister of Haiti, speaks during the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York in this September 26, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Stan Honda/Pool/Files

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A caretaker government was running Haiti on Monday after the weekend resignation of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe plunged the Caribbean nation into uncertainty as political forces jockeyed to fill the void.

The western hemisphere's poorest country is still recovering from an earthquake five years ago that levelled much of its capital, Port-au-Prince. In recent weeks, demonstrators in many cities have accused the government of corruption, demanding the resignation of Lamothe and President Michel Martelly.

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