PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of protesters turned out in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Sunday for a fourth day of demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise.
The protest came as The Core Group – composed of a senior UN official, the ambassadors of France, Germany, Brazil, Canada, and the United States, and representatives of Spain, the EU and the Organization of American States – called on Haiti’s politicians to enter dialogue over the crisis, lamenting the loss of life and damage caused by the protests.
A 14-year-old boy was killed and another young man was shot and wounded on the sidelines of a spontaneous protest in central Port au Prince on Saturday.
Police said at least two people were killed Thursday as thousands across the country protested following a call to action from opposition groups.
In a sign of the worsening crisis, several mayors canceled March 3-5 festivities in the run-up to the country’s annual carnival.
Faced with extreme poverty and 15 per cent inflation over the past two years, Haitians were infuriated by a report calling out more than a dozen former ministers and senior officials for economic mismanagement and possible misappropriation of development funds loaned to the country from Venezuela since 2008.
The report also named a company that was then headed by Moise as a beneficiary of funds from a road construction project that never had a signed contract. — NNN-AGENCIES
