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iciHaiti - Crisis : First day without demonstration
15/02/2019 07:59:50
Thursday, after 7 days of demonstrations and violence, the opposition seemed to have paused for this 8th day. No significant demonstration was reported to the country, which allowed a timid resumption of activities in several cities of the country...
In Port-au-Prince, traffic remained difficult for motorists and public transit (rare). Only taxi-motorcycles circulated in streets that had not yet been completely cleared, strewn with various obstacles : barricades, rocks, branches and burned car carcasses.
In the commercial center of the capital, in a post-riot setting, there was little affluence, many shops having been looted or vandalized were closed...
In Port-au-Prince, several banks and supermarkets had reopened their doors as in Pétion-ville. In stores many products are missing on the shelves, the merchants could not be replenished...
On the sidewalks some informal businesses were cautiously back and the number of passersby was rising sharply.
See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26930-haiti-crisis-7th-days-of-demonstrations-at-least-2-dead-and-thirty-wounded.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26927-haiti-flash-udmo-agents-shoot-at-the-crowd-in-petit-goave-at-least-15-wounded.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26904-haiti-crisis-protests-affect-the-water-supply-of-the-capital.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26901-haiti-crisis-the-capitale-roads-service-suspended.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26899-haiti-flash-banks-attacked-gas-station-burned-opposition-is-radicalized.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26891-haiti-flash-3rd-day-of-demonstration-and-violence.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26885-haiti-flash-2nd-day-of-violent-demonstrations-at-least-3-dead-and-many-injured.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26875-haiti-flash-important-damage-at-least-4-dead-and-21-wounded-during-the-demonstrations.html
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