Haiti Manifestation
Black Smoke in the skies above Haiti from Haitian-American stuck in Peyi Lock Haiti, 30 September 2019
Look at this photo... Black smoke rising in the skies above Haiti from tires burning in the streets of Port-au-Prince Monday, September 30th, 2019, during a protest against the Haitian president Jovenel Moise.
Photo send by a Young Haitian-American who found himself stuck in a country on lock down mode. Read the related article for the full story.
Standoff at Delmas 60 - Haitian Police preventing protesters from going to Petionville
After it was announced by opposition leaders Andre Michel and Schiller Louidor that a street protest would be heading to Petionville this Friday November 23 2018, to "tallk the rich people in Petionville into letting go of President Jovenel Moise," Haitian police took the initiative to prevent these protesters from reaching that destination.
At Delmas 60 agents of the CIMO unit of the Police National barricaded the road and threw lots of tear gas in an attempt to disperse the protest.
As of 2pm Friday, journalist were beginning to announce that the protest was falling apart.
Stay tuned for updates.
LOOK: The most amazing photo from a Haiti street protest you just have to see to believe
If there is one image of a Haiti street protest worth sharing, this one certainly is the one... Look at this amazing photo from the October 17 2018 Haiti street protest you probably haven't seen yet! You have to see it to believe it.
The media, national and international, often show you pictures of Haitian street protesters confronting the Haitian National Police men and women, tear gas thrown, and the policemen, overwhelms by their duty to serve and protect who often result to a little confrontation with the protesters but how often do you see this?
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. How much is this one worth?
Thank you, Dyab Baba, for bring this to my attention.