Haiti prepares for change amid unrest
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August 7, 2025
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A wealthy businessman was slated to become president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council on Thursday, marking the first time that the private sector is in control of the country’s two executive branches.
The change in command further threatened to destabilize the country as a powerful gang federation that has long denounced Haiti’s oligarchs pledged to overthrow the government hours before the swearing-in.
“People of Haiti, take care of yourselves and help us…in the battle to free the country,” Jimmy Chérizier, best known as Barbecue and a leader of Viv Ansanm, said in a video posted on social media.
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