Protesters have blocked several streets in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, to protest fuel shortages, even as gas stations are gradually being restored from the country’s largest terminal, which had been suspended due to of conflicts between rival gangs.
About 90 people have been killed in the clashes that erupted last week, leaving a large district of Port-au-Prince without water and food.
The Haitian capital’s main thoroughfares remain blocked by protesters setting up barricades and burning tires.
The operator of the Varreux fuel terminal, which had suspended operations due to the flare-up of violence in the region, said on Twitter that a ship with imported fuel had managed to unload on Wednesday, while a second was expected to do the same later today. Tankers were transporting fuel to and from the terminal, eyewitnesses confirmed, suggesting at least a de-escalation of the clashes between the G9 and G-Pep gangs that plague the area.
The National Network for the Defense of Human Rights, a Haitian NGO, said on Wednesday that “at least 89 people have been killed” during the clashes between gangs.
Wars between gangs for control of certain areas have intensified since the assassination last year of President Jovenel Moise.
SOURCE: AMPE
Source: Capital
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