Turmoil in Haiti after killing of President
Haiti's President Jovenel Mo茂se has been killed in the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince
As details are still emerging about the killing of Haiti's President Jovenel Mo茂se in the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince, Fritz Jean, the former governor of the Haitian central bank, founding member of the Haitian Stock Exchange and one-time interim Prime Minister of Haiti, joins the programme to discuss the mood in the country right now, and all the challenges keeping the Haitian economy in dire straits. Also in the programme, former US president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook, claiming that he is the victim of censorship. Emily Birnbaum from Politico explains how the case may play out, and David Greene of the Electronic Frontier Foundation says though we've seen such cases before, it's another reminder that Big Tech could manage their platforms with more transparency. We have a report from India examining the economic impact of the most recent wave of coronavirus infections on the country's rural economy. Plus, we hear about the social media influencers helping to boost traditional book sales, from Selene Velez, who goes by the tag moongirlreads on TikTok. And we get wider context from Shannon DeVito, director of books at the American retail giant Barnes & Noble.
All through the show we'll be joined by Sarah Birke, Mexico Bureau Chief for The Economist in Mexico City and Sushma Ramachandran, independent business journalist and columnist for the tribune newspaper in Delhi.
(Picture: Jovenel Mo茂se. Picture credit: Reuters.)
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