Journal of Haiti and the Americas
Haiti: at least 89 dead in clashes between gangs
Audio 7:30 p.m.
Armed forces check two men in the office area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, July 11, 2022. © AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph
By: Marion Cazanove
2 mins
Armed gangs still clash violently in Cité Soleil, north of Port-au-Prince.
At least 89 people died.
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“
At least 89 people were murdered and 16 others are missing
,” the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights said in a statement, adding that the partial assessment of this violence also reports “
74 wounded by gunshot or 'bladed weapon
'.
Since Thursday, bursts of automatic weapons crackle all day long in Cité Soleil, the most disadvantaged and densely populated commune in the metropolitan area: two factions of gangs clash there without the police, in lack of men and equipment, does not intervene.
These clashes disrupt the supply of gasoline in Port-au-Prince.
Frantz Duval
, editor-in-chief of Le
Nouvelliste
, believes that this is the main repercussion of these clashes: “
Today, Port-au-Prince is running in slow motion.
Hospitals have not yet sounded the alarm, but we know it will come.
»
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United States: Inflation could influence the elections
In June, inflation increased by 9.1% in the United States, it is at its highest for 40 years and could influence the midterm elections, in four months.
The ballot will renew the House of Representatives as well as a third of the seats in the Senate.
The vote will be followed in particular in the swing states, the states whose vote is undecided.
Like Georgia, a southeastern state.
The economy remains a major concern for his constituents.
Its capital, Atlanta, is one of the three American cities most affected by inflation.
On site, our reporter
Marie Normand
noticed that she was changing the daily habits of voters.
“
Rent prices are rising, fruits, vegetables, gasoline...
says Brenda, who lives in Sunday Springs, a middle-class neighborhood.
Candidate for his re-election for the midterm elections, the governor of the State, Brian Kemp, accuses the government of Joe Biden of being responsible for these price increases.
A strategy that will pay off, judge Ed at the microphone of Marie Normand: “
The voters are going to accuse someone and it will be the Biden administration.
When you look at the polls, the general feeling is that it has done nothing against inflation.
Maybe their hands are tied, but they could be trying to show that they are trying to do something, instead of just blaming Putin, or the war…
The Democratic candidates are trying to divert the debate from President Biden's economic record to direct it towards their proposals for Georgia: the limit of the rise in energy prices, the fight against crime or even the defense of the right to abortion.
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