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Ariel Henry resigns as Haiti's PM as transitional council takes power

Haitian Interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert speaks during the swearing in of a new transitional council in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on April 25, 2024. © Clarens Siffroy, AFP

Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March.

Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, dated April 24, and released on Thursday by his office on the same day a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was due to be sworn in.

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