Michael Weissenstein | Associated Press
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A strange moment in American politics paid a visit to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, brought there by a top Haitian official.
Edgard Leblanc Fils, the president of Haiti’s transitional council, spoke to world leaders about gang violence in his country and bemoaned the large number of citizens fleeing the violence. Then he referenced false claims that Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio, were eating cats and dogs.
The debunked information found its international spotlight in the U.S. presidential debate earlier this month, in which former...
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