(17 Oct 2022)
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Port-au-Prince - 17 October 2022
1. Various of protesters running from tear gas being launched by police
2. People running, smoke in background
3. Police shooting tear gas at protesters
4. Police walking backwards toward their vehicle during protest
5. Tear gas near police vehicles
6. Cloud of tear gas on street
7. Police with shields patrolling area
8. Protesters standing in front of police as they speak to media
9. Various of protesters in streets
STORYLINE:
Thousands across Haiti organized protests on Monday demanding the resignation of its prime minister as the country commemorated the death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the leader of the world's first Black republic.
The protests come hours before the United Nations Security Council is scheduled to meet and vote on several measures to address the increasingly chaotic situation in Haiti, which is awaiting a response on its recent request for the immediate deployment of foreign troops.
Haiti has practically reached a standstill more than a month after one of the country's most powerful gangs surrounded a key fuel terminal in the capital and prevented the distribution of more than 10 million gallons of gasoline and fuel and more than 800,000 gallons of kerosene stored on site.
Gas stations remain shuttered, hospitals have slashed services and businesses including banks and grocery stores have cut their hours as everyone across the country runs out of fuel.
The situation has worsened a recent cholera outbreak, with hundreds hospitalized and dozens dead amid a scarcity of potable water and other basic supplies.
During Monday's protest, demonstrators hailed Dessalines, the leader of the anti-slavery revolution who was assassinated in 1806, as they rejected the potential deployment of foreign troops.
Over the weekend, the U.S. and Canada flew equipment including armored vehicles that the Haitian government had bought for its police officers to help strengthen a department that has long been understaffed and under-resourced.
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