May 1, 2024

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Violence is battering Haiti’s fragile economy and causing food and water shortages

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Rotting fruit, withered vegetables, empty water jugs and spent gas canisters now stock the stores and stands that serve Haiti’s poor — a consequence of the unrelenting gang attacks that have paralyzed the country for more than a week and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods.

The terrifying violence as anti-government gangs battle police in the streets has crippled the fragile economy and made it extremely difficult for many of the country’s most vulnerable to feed themselves.

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The Associated Press

2024-03-09 01:05:47

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