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FILE - Haiti's Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé attend the inauguration of the nation's new cabinet, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

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Haiti's transitional council deepens political chaos by voting to oust the prime minister

Dánica Coto and Evens Sanon | Associated Press

A member of Haiti's transitional presidential council has announced that a majority of the panel has voted to fire the country's embattled Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the country's political chaos deepens.

FILE - Haitian interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue attends the 11th general conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) at the Austria Center in Vienna, Nov. 28, 2005. Latortue, also a former U.N. official, has died at age 88, according to Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Rudi Blaha, File)

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Gérard Latortue, former interim Haitian premier, dies at 88

Associated Press

Gérard Latortue, a former interim prime minister of Haiti, has died. He was 88. Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his death on Monday.

Haitian President Jovenel Moise (center) and then Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe (in sunglasses) at a ceremony in Port-au-Prince last year.

Haitian Prime Minister Resigns As Economic And Public Security Collapse Deepens

Tim Padgett

Joseph Jouthe was Haiti's eighth prime minister in six years — a reflection of government chaos in the face of ever-worsening hunger and violent crime crises.