Jaime Gil de Biedma exaggerated: "Of all the stories in History, the saddest is that of Spain, because it ends badly." Perhaps the poet didn't know Haiti, whose history began badly, continued worse, and continues to sink into endless horror. Haiti is hardly mentioned anymore: why continue describing the chaos and violence of each day?

Haiti is experiencing an unprecedented crisis. It is a confluence of overlapping crises and a combination of threats that endanger the safety and well-being of children more than ever before: armed violence, forced displacement of the population, and the collapse of basic services in a context of extreme poverty. Added to this are the natural disasters to which the country is prone, further weakening its already fragile infrastructure and its capacity for reconstruction.

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was shot dead Wednesday by a group of armed men who stormed his residence in the Pelerin neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. The news was given in a statement by the Prime Minister, Claude Joseph. In the attack, the first lady, Martine Moïse, was also shot and hospitalized. The head of government has appealed for calm and declared that the police and the army will be deployed to maintain order.