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The capital of Haiti is paralyzed after violent demonstrations on Sunday
The capital of Haiti is on Monday almost paralyzed after the violent demonstrations yesterday called by the opposition in several cities to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and left several dead, according to the organizers of the protests.
Public transport and schools are totally paralyzed in Port-au-Prince, where a large number of businesses have not opened their doors on Monday, Efe noted.
A similar situation is registered in other departments where barricades have been erected to block the roads that connect the capital with cities in the country, according to several sources.
On the morning of Monday, shots were also heard in several areas of the capital.
Thousands of Haitians went to the streets of Port-au-Prince and other cities in the country days after the Superior Court of Accounts issued a report that involved a company of the president in the alleged irregular handling of Petrocaribe funds, through which Venezuela supplies oil to Haiti at soft prices.
Several witnesses told Efe that a member of the police stoned a person in front of the residence of the President of the Republic, and agents of the presidential guard charged against a group of demonstrators, leaving one dead and several injured.
In addition, there would be two more dead among the participants in the demonstration called in Cap Haitian (north), according to the data provided by the opposition.
André Michel, spokesman for the Democratic and Popular sector, which groups several opposition leaders and social organizations, told the press that they counted "seven dead and more than one hundred wounded."
The government has not yet ruled on what happened, but the director of the National Police, Michel Gédeon, announced that the institution opened an investigation into the agent who allegedly killed the protester.
On May 31, the Superior Court of Accounts of Haiti sent to the Parliament (bicameral) its final report on the investigation it carried out into alleged acts of corruption surrounding the management of Petrocaribe funds.
According to details known to the press, the investigation revealed that the Haitian president's company Agritrans received millions of dollars for the execution of several projects but has not carried them out.
In addition, the text reveals that there is apparently a network of officials within the Haitian government that manages the obtaining of contracts for friends of former president of the country Michel Martelly, as well as for former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.
The report of the Superior Court of Accounts describes as "serious" the way in which several governments have spent more than 2 billion dollars of Petrocaribe funds between 2008 and 2016, half of the resources generated by the program during that period.
The document is in the hands of the president of the Senate and the Haitian National Assembly, Carl Murat Cantave, who must process it before the courts.
Haiti is experiencing a deep economic, political and security crisis, aggravated by the massive and violent protests of two weeks that began on February 7, the same day that Moise served two years in office.
Added to this is that the designated prime minister, Jean Michel Lapin, has not been able to present his government program to the Parliament, since it has been impossible for this to be done by sectors of the opposition.
On May 30, Lapin failed for the third consecutive time in his attempt to publicize his government plan, during a chaotic session during which opposition senators threw tables and chairs at the parliamentary headquarters.
https://listindiario.com/las-mundia...za-tras-violentas-manifestaciones-del-domingo
The capital of Haiti is paralyzed after violent demonstrations on Sunday
The capital of Haiti is on Monday almost paralyzed after the violent demonstrations yesterday called by the opposition in several cities to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and left several dead, according to the organizers of the protests.
Public transport and schools are totally paralyzed in Port-au-Prince, where a large number of businesses have not opened their doors on Monday, Efe noted.
A similar situation is registered in other departments where barricades have been erected to block the roads that connect the capital with cities in the country, according to several sources.
On the morning of Monday, shots were also heard in several areas of the capital.
Thousands of Haitians went to the streets of Port-au-Prince and other cities in the country days after the Superior Court of Accounts issued a report that involved a company of the president in the alleged irregular handling of Petrocaribe funds, through which Venezuela supplies oil to Haiti at soft prices.
Several witnesses told Efe that a member of the police stoned a person in front of the residence of the President of the Republic, and agents of the presidential guard charged against a group of demonstrators, leaving one dead and several injured.
In addition, there would be two more dead among the participants in the demonstration called in Cap Haitian (north), according to the data provided by the opposition.
André Michel, spokesman for the Democratic and Popular sector, which groups several opposition leaders and social organizations, told the press that they counted "seven dead and more than one hundred wounded."
The government has not yet ruled on what happened, but the director of the National Police, Michel Gédeon, announced that the institution opened an investigation into the agent who allegedly killed the protester.
On May 31, the Superior Court of Accounts of Haiti sent to the Parliament (bicameral) its final report on the investigation it carried out into alleged acts of corruption surrounding the management of Petrocaribe funds.
According to details known to the press, the investigation revealed that the Haitian president's company Agritrans received millions of dollars for the execution of several projects but has not carried them out.
In addition, the text reveals that there is apparently a network of officials within the Haitian government that manages the obtaining of contracts for friends of former president of the country Michel Martelly, as well as for former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.
The report of the Superior Court of Accounts describes as "serious" the way in which several governments have spent more than 2 billion dollars of Petrocaribe funds between 2008 and 2016, half of the resources generated by the program during that period.
The document is in the hands of the president of the Senate and the Haitian National Assembly, Carl Murat Cantave, who must process it before the courts.
Haiti is experiencing a deep economic, political and security crisis, aggravated by the massive and violent protests of two weeks that began on February 7, the same day that Moise served two years in office.
Added to this is that the designated prime minister, Jean Michel Lapin, has not been able to present his government program to the Parliament, since it has been impossible for this to be done by sectors of the opposition.
On May 30, Lapin failed for the third consecutive time in his attempt to publicize his government plan, during a chaotic session during which opposition senators threw tables and chairs at the parliamentary headquarters.
https://listindiario.com/las-mundia...za-tras-violentas-manifestaciones-del-domingo