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Vol. 32, Issue 28 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN July 9-15, 2021
HAITIAN
PREZ
KILLED
First since Maurice Bishop
was assassinated in 1983
By Bert Wilkinson
Caribbean Community leaders
who had held a special caucus
session on continuing violence
in Haiti woke up early
Wednesday to learn that unidentified
gunmen had shot and
killed Haitian President Jovenel
Moise during a surprise home
invasion earlier in the day. His
wife was also shot and injured
and was being treated in hospital
officials said.
Not a single person from
Haiti had bothered to attend
this week’s two-day main annual
summit, which was held virtually,
a point that CARICOM
Chairman and Prime Minister
of Antigua, Gaston Browne was
quick to note despite the special
session on Haiti. The summit
ended late Tuesday.
Browne said the leaders had
looked at the runaway violence,
difficulties preparing for
upcoming presidential elections
and other issues but were
disappointed that Haiti had not
taken up its seat at the table of
the last two conferences held
this year. He accused the late
head of state of having a callous
and contemptuous approach to
things CARICOM despite the
group’s best efforts at mediation.
“He treated CARICOM with
some amount of contempt. He
was always making excuses
why he could not attend a conference.
We held a special caucus
on the violence and general
situation in Haiti after our
summit ended Tuesday night.
Recently we had even offered
to send a good offices team to
Haiti to mediate the situation
but had not heard anything.
This is a very sad situation
that has badly shaken us up,”
Browne said.
Mr. Moise’s assassination is
the first in the bloc since a
communist-leaning rebel faction
of Grenada’s cabinet had
shot and killed charismatic
Prime Minister Maurice Bishop
in late 1983, providing an
excuse for the Reagan administration
in the US to invade the
island to allegedly restore order
and to kill off the close links
between the island and Cuba
and other socialist nations.
Brooklyn Borough President and a Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams greets
NYPD offi cers as participants gather for a march through the fi nancial district during a
parade honoring essential workers for their efforts in getting New York City through the
COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in New York. Adams bested a large Democratic
fi eld in New YorkÕs fi rst major race to use ranked choice voting. Results from
the latest tabulations showed him leading former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn
Garcia. Associated Press/John Minchillo
Adams’ victory a ‘major step forward’: Brooklyn Dems chair
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Democratic Party
Chair, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
says Eric Adams’ victory
in New York City Primary
is a “major step forward.”
Bichotte-Hermelyn, the
daughter of Haitian immigrants,
issued the statement
Tuesday night after New York
City Board of Elections (BOE)
revealed that Adams, the
Brooklyn Borough President,
maintained a 8,426 unofficial
vote lead over Kathryn Garcia
for the Democratic Mayoral
nomination.
Adams, 60, held a 10-point
lead in the round-by-round
eliminations through round
seven, when the margin narrowed
in the final round in
the city’s first ranked-choice
voting election.
“We congratulate Eric
Adams on a well-deserved victory,
and on becoming only
the second Black mayor in
New York City history,” said
Bichotte Hermelyn, who represents
the 42nd Assembly
District in Brooklyn. “He rose
from humble beginnings by
dedicating his life to uplifting
all New Yorkers.
“Adams’ victory today is a
significant win for Brooklyn,
New York City, and the State,”
she added. “Eric has the judgment
and experience to help
restore the city’s economy,
and make our streets safe
again. This is a major step
forward.
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