In Haiti, at least two journalists have been beaten by bodyguards of the country’s interim president Boniface Alexandre. According to the Associated Press, the bodyguards were American employees of the private security firm DynCorp. The company has been contracted by the U.S. State Department to protect Alexandre, the unelected interim president of Haiti. Alexnadre took power after the coup that toppled Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide. The journalists were beaten as they tried to cover a ceremony marking the reopening of the courts after the summer holidays. Police said the journalists arrived late and then tried to force their way into the building.