The widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on Saturday accused shadowy enemies of organizing his assassination to stop democratic change, as a struggle for power intensified in the Caribbean nation. Martine Moïse, who was wounded in the attack on the president's private residence and flown to Florida for medical treatment, said her husband was targeted for political reasons. A news vendor sells local newspapers that feature coverage of the assassination of the slain Haitian president, in Port-au-Prince on Saturday. (Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters)Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon who Moïse named prime minister on Monday, told Reuters late Friday he was now the highest authority in Haiti, not interim Prime Minister Joseph, and that he was forming a government. But Henry has yet to be sworn in, and Joseph, who was named interim prime minister in April, has stayed put.

Source: CBC News July 10, 2021 21:00 UTC