Haitian political leader Eric Jean Baptiste fatally shot

[Judi Lynn]

OCTOBER 29, 2022 / 2:01 PM / AP

Eric Jean Baptiste, a former presidential candidate and leader of a political party in Haiti, has been killed in a shooting, a party official said Saturday. The killing stunned many in a nation already in crisis.

Baptiste was killed Friday in the community of Laboule in the capital of Port-au-Prince along with his bodyguard, according to Ricardo Nordain, spokesman for his Rally of Progressive National Democrats, which was founded in 1979 by former President Leslie Manigat. Baptiste also owned one of the biggest lottery companies in Haiti, "Pere Eternel."

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In August, Yvon Buissereth, a former senator who worked for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, was killed and his body set on fire.

In January, two journalists also were killed in Laboule and their bodies set on fire.

More:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eric-jean-baptiste-haiti-political-leader-shot-killed/

[mahina]

1. Oh shit.

All of those things are really really bad. I have no idea how to fix it but I know a little nominal military presence is not gonna do it this time

[2naSalit]

2. It seems...

That Haiti is the prime example of what happens when abject poverty becomes the norm and only a few have anything.

Absolute social collapse.

This is where we're headed if we don't stop it now.