Caribbean & Central America - August 2021

The assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse on 7 July shocked Haitians and the international community alike, appearing to mark the culmination of the multifaceted political, institutional and security crises which have afflicted the country. With the United Nations (UN) recently warning of an “unprecedented surge in gang violence across the capital, Port-au-Prince”, kidnappings rising [SSR-21-06], and high-profile crimes going unpunished, the first piece in this August edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America explores aspects of the security crisis.

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