Assassination a "very sad and hard blow for the Haitian people and our experience with democracy."

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Local Haitian immigrants interviewed by GBH News Wednesday agreed: no matter where you stand on the factionalized, contentious and often violent politics of Haiti, the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse was a major blow, further destabilizing a country that has yet to recover from the devastating earthquake of 2010 and Hurricane Matthew five years later.

Many of the more than 46,000 Haitians living in the Commonwealth are reacting with shock to the assassination of that country's president on Wednesday morning. But their opinions of the attack are also deeply divided.

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