When Mexico’s president unveiled the Maya Train project, he promised it would boost the economy, link the south’s main cities & that “not a single tree” would be cut in the 2nd largest jungle in the Americas

But those promises haven’t been upheld. Thread:
trib.al/VLLIhsY Although the government says it conducted studies that show Train Maya will boost the economy and preserve southern Mexico’s ecology — home to endangered jaguars & a rainforest — the route and business model have changed so many times, those studies are no longer relevant. /2

1/ HILO:

El presidente de Haití tenía un expediente de narcotraficantes. Sus asesinos lo estaban buscando

#Haiti #Moïse

nytimes.com/es/2021/12/13/… 2/ Cuando los sicarios irrumpieron en la casa de Moïse, registraron su oficina en busca de un archivo. Averiguamos lo que buscaban: Moïse redactaba un expediente que delineaba las redes de contrabando de armas y drogas y los haitianos poderosos implicados. Iba a dárselo a EE. UU.

Investigators are focusing on whether the assassination of Haiti president Jovenel Moïse is related to the drug trade

Why?
Partly bc of who he surrounded himself with.

Scoop: Dimitri Herard, Moise's security chief, is a suspect in a DEA probe. Thread 1/
nytimes.com/2021/08/21/wor… Haiti is believed to be the biggest destination for narcotics flowing from South America to the United States. Haitian police allegedly help narco-traffickers ferry those drugs across their borders, working with powerful Haitian business and political elites, NYT learned.
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