Rioting over food prices subsides
Peacekeepers cleared roadblocks and businesses reopened in Haiti’s debris-littered capital, Port-au-Prince, but protesters warned that chaos would return quickly if the government failed to rein in soaring food prices.
Three days of protests and looting brought a swift political response, with most of Haiti’s 27 senators calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. Protesters said President Rene Preval should be replaced as well if he doesn’t find a solution.
“If you can’t take care of the country, you are like a leaf and you should fall,” said Fortune Metilien, a 42-year-old garbage collector.
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