Prime minister of Haiti resigns amid escalating violence


by NewsCop

NewsCop— The prime minister of Haiti Ariel Henry formally resigned on Thursday 25 April as gang violence escalates in the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince.

The Foreign Desk—DeSantis Rescues More Than 700 Floridians from Haiti as Prime Minister Resigns Amid Gang Violence. A new transitional council of nine members has been sworn in, and seven have voting powers. Henry's finance minister, Michel Patrick Boisvert, will serve as the interim prime minister. The post DeSantis Rescues More Than 700 Floridians from Haiti as Prime Minister Resigns Amid Gang Violence first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.

Time—Haiti Transitional Council Names New Prime Minister in Hopes of Quelling Stifling Violence. Haiti’s newly installed transitional council chose former Sports Minister Fritz Belizaire as the country's prime minister.

WSTPost—Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces he will NOT resign after spending five days “considering his future” amid corruption investigations into his wife. Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said this morning that he would not give up as the country's leader after a period of reflection on his future.Sanchez made the announcement five days after a court said it would investigate his wife, Begona Gomez, for influence peddling and corporate corruption. The accusations were false and staged by his right-wing opponents. The 52-year-old surprised both his opponents and his allies when he said on Wednesday he would take several days away...