Haiti: tensions continue to grow after new demonstrations and clashes
A protester demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry reacts during a nationwide strike in Port-au-Prince on September 28.
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Demonstrations against rising fuel prices and the cost of living took to the streets of Haiti on Wednesday (September 28th).
That is several thousand people in Gonaives, Cap Haitien or Port-au-Prince who also demanded the departure of Prime Minister Ariel Henri.
Tensions continue to rise in the country, also leading to clashes with the police.
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In Gonaïves, in the north, "
the burning barricades and the shards of bottles give the city the appearance of a city besieged by war
", judges the
Nouvelliste
.
"
The former rebel leader of the 2004 movements against former President Jean Bertrand Aristide, Wilfort Ferdinand dit Ti Will, was at the head of the demonstration
", notes
Gazette Haïti
.
He speaks
of a
"
peaceful
" movement, but threatens: if Prime Minister Ariel Henri "
refuses to leave, the great North will be cut off from the rest of the country and we will do it militarily by calling on all the former soldiers of 2004
".
Still in the North, in Cap Haitien, the demonstrators marched on the initiative of the Pitit Desalin party, whose leader also demanded the departure of the Prime Minister.
“
At the end of this march, demonstrators vandalized the only supermarket of its kind in the city
,” reports
Le Nouvelliste
.
Finally on the Delmas highway, near Port-au-Prince, "
a huge crowd swept over the Delmas highway
", erecting burning barricades, says
RezoNodwès
.
Several people were reportedly injured by police fire.
Meanwhile, not a word
from the government side
.
Le Nouvelliste
notes that "
the last measure or understanding of the situation was given by Chancellor Jean-Victor Généus, for whom overall, ''the situation is under control''
".
Remarks made on Monday, and still very criticized during the demonstrations, which should continue, because if according to
Gazette Haiti
the trade unionists have lifted the strike, "
they call on the population to demonstrate today and tomorrow against the government
".
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