Parts of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, where some of the country’s most prominent institutions are located, have been affected by a surge in gang violence that has plagued the country this month.The violence has shaken residents’ sense of security in areas they thought were relatively safe.
There were reports that a protester set fire to a U.S. flag on Friday, in an expression of anger toward American policies seen as propping up the president and keeping him from resigning
Inflation and corruption are the main sources of the ire expressed by protesters for which they hold the president and prime minister responsible