Haiti

A new investigation finds alarming spread of COVID-19 in Florida correctional facilities. An update on the investigation into the assassination of Haiti's President. The NYT Daily podcast comes to WLRN and a trip down to Key West for Hemingway Days.

Three weeks after the shocking assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, the man he had tapped just days before his death to lead the government’s day-to-day affairs promised to continue to pursue those responsible for the murder and to work toward “a large political consensus” that would enable the country to carry out free and fair elections.

Dozens of federal agents fanned out across South Florida Tuesday to carry out the first search warrants related to the assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, focusing on two local businessmen that Haitian authorities suspect funded and trained the group of Colombians and others implicated in his killing.

The funeral in Cap-Haitien for Jovenel Moïse, the president of Haiti assassinated two weeks ago, was marred by gunfire Friday.

School districts across the country are seeing Superintendents resign or be pushed out in record numbers. Two South Florida counties are facing that issue. Plus, an update from Haiti, which is now under new leadership. And a South Floridian who qualified for the Olympics, but can’t compete in Tokyo.

American Airlines canceled its flights between Miami International Airport and Haiti’s Port-au-Prince-Toussaint Louverture International Airport from Aug. 17 to Sept. 8 due to an aircraft delivery delay from Boeing, the company announced this week. One daily flight between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port-au-Prince on American will remain during that time.

With gangs controlling the most destitute areas of the capital, Port-au-Prince, Haitians say the country's greatest need is safety. Many blame Jovenel Moïse for the collapse of law and order.

Haiti's prime minister says he'll step down to make way for a new post-assassination government — and Cuban dissidents insist anti-regime protests are far from over.

WLRN's Americas Editor Tim Padgett gives an update on the situations in Haiti and Cuba. A structural engineer who investigated the Pentagon after the attacks of Sept. 11, and the FIU bridge collapse, now investigates the Surfside condo collapse. And, a conversation on cruise ships and COVID-19 vaccinations.

Henry, a 71-year-old neurosurgeon and public official, had been appointed prime minister two days before the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse but hadn't been sworn in.

Mystery has surrounded a Florida security company with suspected ties to the assassination of Haiti's president. Court records reviewed by NPR suggest financial trouble at the company in recent years.

Florida is seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases, Gov. Ron DeSantis sells "Don't Fauci My Florida" merchandise on campaign website and the latest information on the investigation into Haitian President Jovenel Moise's asassination and the uprising in Cuba.