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Haiti opposition names interim president as leadership dispute rages

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Port-au-Prince, Feb 8 (EFE).- The Haitian opposition challenged the authority of President Jovenel Moïse on Monday by declaring the end of his mandate and appointing an interim president, a day after the government denounced an alleged coup plot.The new president recognized only by the opposition is Judge Joseph Mécène Jean Louis of the country's Supreme Court, amid a growing dispute over when Moïse's term ends. (Camera: JEAN MARC HERVÉ ABELARD). SHOT LIST: CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE AT CHAMPS MARS, NEAR THE NATIONAL PALACE, IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.

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