- Title: 'Jovenel step down!' - Haitians protest President Moise
- Date: 21st October 2019
- Summary: LARGE CROWD PEOPLE PROTESTING IN FRONT OF POLICE OFFICER POLICE BLOCKING STREET PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN (SOUNDBITE) (CREOLE) UNIDENTIFIED HAITIAN PROTESTER, SAYING" "[SPEAKING TO PRESIDENT MOISE] if you have a little bit of morality, a little bit of nationalism, if you have a little bit of love for the country, then please, hand over the keys. Because the people can't stand it any longer. We're asking you to step down, step down! Let the people go, we can't take it any longer, Jovenel step down!"
- Embargoed: 4th November 2019 03:58
- Keywords: Haiti protest protesters Haitian President Jovenel Moise resign resignation step down
- Location: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
- City: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
- Country: Haiti
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002B21I0JR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of Haitians took to the streets of Port-au-Prince on Sunday (October 20) calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise.
Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, has been rocked by violent protests in the last month that have led schools, public offices and businesses to close and forced non-governmental organisations to suspend aid distribution.
Opposition leaders and their supporters in the nation of 11 million are calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, 51, amid anger over fuel and food shortages, a steep currency devaluation and corruption allegations.
This is the longest stretch of demonstrations against Moise since they broke out last year. At least 17 people have been killed and 189 injured, according to Haiti's National Network for the Defence of Human Rights.
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