- Title: Haitian anti-government protesters vow to 'continue fighting' as shops burned
- Date: 1st October 2019
- Summary: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (OCTOBER 01, 2019) (REUTERS) PEOPLE LOOKING AT SHOP THAT WAS BURNED DURING RECENT ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS BURNED SHOP SIGN VARIOUS, BURNED SHOP (SOUNDBITE) (Creole) HAITIAN PROTESTER, CHARLES FANFAN, SAYING: "We demand a clean slate to change this system. The (potential) departure of (Haitian President) Jovenel (Moise) doesn't mean that things will just change. We're going to continue fighting to achieve change in this diabolical system. They won't be able to kill us all. I'm certain that we will have victory." CARS DRIVING BY DEBRIS ON STREET GAS PUMP DAMAGED BY PROTESTERS BOARDED-UP GAS STATION BROKEN WINDOWS AT GAS STATION CLOSED GAS STATION "We're living in a country where we don't have a right to housing, a right to education, to nothing. They're taking gas away from us. Their objective is to kill us. The police depend on us, their mission is to serve and protect. How can we talk about protecting when they're taking away the gas?" TEAR GAS SEEN WAFTING IN PARK VARIOUS, SIGN ON EXTERIOR OF BURNED SHOP VARIOUS, CHARRED REMAINS OF INTERIOR OF SHOP (SOUNDBITE) (Creole) UNIDENTIFIED HAITIAN PROTESTER, SAYING: "We don't need Jovenel as head of the country because he is responsible for too much administrative disorder. The problems with his governance will impact the country for 50 more years. We demand that he leave power without condition. To the members of the Core Group (group of nations and international organizations), we say there is no dialogue possible with Jovenel because he is a social danger." INTERIOR OF BURNED SHOP BURNED MERCHANDISE ON GROUND
- Embargoed: 15th October 2019 20:32
- Keywords: stores burned violence President Jovenel Moise Haiti fuel looted protesters protest shortages
- Location: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
- City: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
- Country: Haiti
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZ9PFLZ
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- Story Text: Haitians vowed to continue protesting against widespread food and fuel shortages, a weakening currency, double-digit inflation and graft accusations lodged against public officials even as violent protests damaged local businesses in the impoverished Caribbean nation's capital.
Shopkeepers were picking up the pieces of their charred merchandise in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday (October 01) even as protesters continued to call for the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
"We're going to continue fighting to achieve change in this diabolical system. They won't be able to kill us all. I'm certain that we will have victory," said protester Charles Fanfan.
In protests Monday (September 30) several cars, including a police car, were also burnt in the latest round of civil unrest.
Many Haitians have called for Moise to stand down after what they describe as a failure to address Haiti's myriad problems.
Four people have been killed in clashes over the past several days.
Protests last week were among the largest and most violent in months as witnesses reported that a special unit of the Haitian National Police was looted and another police vehicle set ablaze.
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