FILE PHOTO: Haitian designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry arrives at a ceremony in the National Pantheon Museum in honor of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's new Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Wednesday said the government plans to create conditions for the Caribbean nation to hold elections as swiftly as possible following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month.
Already struggling with political paralysis, economic malaise and gang-fueled violence, Haiti was pushed deeper into turmoil by the killing of Moise, which the government blamed on a group of mostly Colombian mercenaries.
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