(8 Feb 2019) Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the Haitian capital on Thursday, demanding the ouster of President Jovenel Moise amid months of protests.
Demonstrators want Moise to resign for not investigating allegations of corruption in the previous government over Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan subsidised energy programme.
Valckensy Dessin, a protester said that corruption has caused a small minority to become rich, at the expense of the majority who are poor and hungry.
Thousands of protesters marched, chanted and held banners in the streets of Port-au-Prince saying "Where is the Petrocaribe money?"
Protesters lit car tires in the middle of the streets while police in riot gear were seen firing tear gas canisters.
Opposition leader Moise Jean Charles said that protests will continue in the coming days until President Moise resigns.
Moise has repeatedly said he will not resign.
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