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Demonstrators run away during a protest to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and demanding to know how Petro Caribe funds have been used by the current and past administrations, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. Much of the financial support to help Haiti rebuild after the 2010 earthquake comes from Venezuela’s Petro Caribe fund, a 2005 pact that gives suppliers below-market financing for oil and is under the control of the central government. (DIEU NALIO CHERY / AP PHOTO). Featured Image
Demonstrators run away during a protest to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and demanding to know how Petro Caribe funds have been used by the current and past administrations, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. Much of the financial support to help Haiti rebuild after the 2010 earthquake comes from Venezuela’s Petro Caribe fund, a 2005 pact that gives suppliers below-market financing for oil and is under the control of the central government. (DIEU NALIO CHERY / AP PHOTO). Featured Image
[dropcap]Thousands[/dropcap] of protesters took to the streets in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, who has been blamed for the country’s economic woes by the opponents. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″]
With more rallies planned in the coming days, the standoff has plunged Latin America’s poorest nation into political chaos.
Al Jazeera’s Fintan Monaghan reports.