Haitians wary as violence and inflation take toll
(14 Jul 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Port-au-Prince - 14 July 2022
1. Various of tires burning in the streets as people on motorcycles make their way around them and some rocks in the road
2. Various of armed police removing debris from the remains of what had been a burning barricade from the road
3. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Martelly Saint-Jean, resident:
"Ariel Henry should respond to the demandsof the people who say the fuel is a universal product."
4. Various of people standing on the street with plastic jugs filled with gasoline to sell - 1 gallon (4 liters) is valued at $13 US on the black market
5. Various of streets empty of the usual traffic due to the shortage and high price of fuel
6. A protester holding a sign that reads (English) "No More UN Core Group PHTK in Haiti" referring to the United NAtions Security detail in country
7. Another person holding a sign that reads (English) "UN Coregroup Stop Your Bloodshed Against Haitians"
8. A group of men protesting
9. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Theophete Iswick, resident and lawyer:
"Each time the BINUH (UN security detail) mandate must be renewed, we see that insecurity increases considerably today. There is someone who is intensifying (the violence) in Cité Soleil where there are hundreds of people who are victims. The civilian population can not stay at home today (due to gang violence in some neighborhoods). They sheltered in public places and sleep on the street."
10. A protester holds a sign that reads (French) "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. Albert Einstein"
STORYLINE:
Demonstrators blocked roads and burned tires in the streets of Haiti's capital on Thursday with no reported clashes with the police who cleared road blocks to keep the flow of traffic.
Fuel shortages and gasoline costs increases have prompted various public transportation to also hike their fares.
A line of people lined up with jugs filled with petrol for sale after the price of a gallon of gasoline (4 liters) reached a high of 1,500 gourdes, or about $13 USD, on the black market.
Demonstrators also carried signs protesting the presence of the UN political mission in Haiti.
The U.N. Security council met in Geneva on Wednesday to vote on extending the U.N. political mission in Haiti a but the vote was postponed after China called for closed consultations on the proposed resolution.
The U.N presence in Haiti has been controversial since reports of misconduct by U.N peacekeepers that were present in the country from 2004 to 2017.
Protesters said they lost faith in the U.N ability to control the widespread violence in Haiti.
The tumbling economy is part of the unraveling of the country that has been struggling since last year to control increased gang violence that has spread to a larger part of the capital.
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