The spiral chaos of the Haiti crisis

Now the picture is even more blurry. Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph clashes with Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon Moïse tapped into the role last week. They both claim to have a leadership cloak, but they are not the only ones. “On Friday, members of the country’s helpless Senate – which lacks a legal quorum due to a failed election schedule – voted to appoint body leader Joseph Lambert as acting Haitian,” my colleagues wrote. “… A fourth potential applicant for power, Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, was declared interim president by opposition parties earlier this year.”