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Protesters ask bikers to turn around in a blocked street during the strike in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 16, 2019. REUTERS / Andres Martinez

In Haiti, the activities were paralyzed on Monday, September 16th by a general strike movement launched on social networks. The headwind of the population was mainly caused by the fuel shortage that is entering its 4th week. In the main cities of the country and the capital Port-au-Prince, the majority of shops and schools have kept closed doors.

From our correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Amélie Baron

At times when traffic jams are usually the heaviest in the capital, Monday, September 16, in the morning, the streets were empty of all cars. Only a few motorcycles circulated, sometimes blocked by inflamed barricades.

Cap-Haïtien: barricades of burning tires noticed in the main entrances of the city. Public transit is relatively paralyzed but there is an apparent calm in the downtown area where some businesses open their doors. # Haiti # CallAtLreal pic.twitter.com/iDW9ltZSaF

Port-au-Prince Post (@PauPPost) September 16, 2019

Mathurin Gideon is a tap tap driver but his tank is dry. For a week now, he has been coming to this gas station every morning in the hope that he will be able to fill his yellow gallon, the object that has become a symbol of the crisis .

" We had to fight in the last stations that were distributing gasoline: all these shots of gallons we gave each other ... When a station opened, anyone could be a victim. We can not stand any more so we observe a day of strike so that the government can look into the situation, but as it is a silent government, it says nothing, " he says .

"It's total misery"

The latter continues: " It is total misery, we have nothing left to live. On the black market, gasoline is sold 3 or 4 times the normal price. We taxis cars we can not operate at this price: the motorcycle drivers can pass it on their races, but we, the vans can not. "

Confident, the government announces the arrival of four cargoes by the end of the month but users are uncertain about these future supplies, and the companies that distribute these fuels fear that this is insufficient given the bad habits of overconsumption and storage taken by some customers.