{"id":7901,"date":"2022-09-08T07:21:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T11:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=7901"},"modified":"2022-09-08T07:21:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T11:21:27","slug":"thousands-across-haiti-demand-ouster-of-pm-in-new-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinamericasecurityreport.com\/?p=7901","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Across Haiti Demand Ouster of PM in New Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/afs-prod\/media\/efbf124d1ad44e8e8a8368930c3024e4\/1000.jpeg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters build a road barricade during a protest to demand that Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry step down and a call for a better quality of life, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo\/Odelyn Joseph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-63 Component-p-0-2-54\">Thousands of people in Haiti\u2019s capital and other major cities organized new protests on Wednesday to demand safer streets, more affordable goods and the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-63 Component-p-0-2-54\">The occasional crack of gunfire mixed with the shouting and clapping of protesters as they marched through streets blocked by rocks, trucks and burning tires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-63 Component-p-0-2-54\">\u201cAriel, you have to go! Go, Ariel! Go, Ariel!\u201d a crowd in the capital of Port-au-Prince yelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-63 Component-p-0-2-54\">One protester held up a sign that read, \u201cDOWN WITH MISERY\u201d while another yelled expletives at the government as he lamented a severe lack of jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-63 Component-p-0-2-54\">\u201cWe need money to survive!\u201d said Ronald Jean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-63 Component-p-0-2-54\">Other protests paralyzed various coastal cities in Haiti\u2019s northern regions and southern regions including Port-de-Paix, Petit-Goave and Jeremie with police firing tear gas to disburse the crowd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-63 Component-p-0-2-54\">Haitians have organized a growing number of protests amid an increase in gang-related kidnappings and killings, a spike in the prices of basic goods and a severe lack of fuel amid an inflation rate that has hit 30%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-63 Component-p-0-2-54\">On Tuesday, the prime minister\u2019s office issued a statement saying that it was \u201caware of the seriousness of the situation,\u201d and that Henry would take several measures including implementing social programs to alleviate extreme poverty and ensure that more fuel is available at gas stations. Henry called for calm and urged people not to give in to political manipulation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Component-hubPeekEmbed-0-2-62 HubPeek noBorderBottom-0-2-71 compressedEmbed-0-2-72\" data-tb-region=\"false\">\n<div class=\"hubPeekContainerWide-0-2-74\" data-key=\"feed-card-hub-peak\">\n<div class=\"title-0-2-75\">Haiti has grown increasingly unstable ever since the July 7, 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse, with gangs growing more powerful as Henry\u2019s administration keeps pushing back the date for general elections scheduled to be held last year.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><em>&#8211; Evens Sanon, AP News<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people in Haiti\u2019s capital and other major cities organized new protests on Wednesday to demand safer streets, more affordable goods and the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. 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