haitian protest

Here is a picture of the crowd that participated in the protest against the government of Michel Martelly on November 18, 2013. The opposition called the protest a success with the participation of several thousand of people in the street to demand the removal of president Michel Martelly

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Here is the picture of a car being damaged during a violent demonstration in Haiti.

Amidst the pandemonium of the protest that degenerated into stone-throwing, the property damage caused has yet to be estimated. The crowd followed a cavalcade of the government's as they moved through the towns of Port-au-Prince on October 26, 2014. Soon, the stone throwing began and the security forces retaliated with bullets and tear gas. Valuable property including a car window were apparently damaged in the melee, though the true extent of the damage is, as yet, untallied.

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Here is a picture of a Street Protester removing the picture of President Michel Martelly.

Anti-government protest in Haiti

The incident followed a series of other demonstrations in the weeks leading up to it, showing the dissatisfaction of a fraction of the population with the current administration. Despite the reports being made about the government's strides in improving the living conditions of the country's people, the protest accused them of just the opposite. The opposition further accused the government of far-flung corruption, for doing very little to ease poverty, and for the rising cost of living in the country.

As many of these charges are still flung at the Martelly Government one year later, it is no wonder the protesting, like that witnessed in late October 2014, continues. Added to those old charges is, of course, the new one of the purposeful delay of the long-awaited elections.

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Here is a picture of a private car being set on fire during a violent Street Protest in Haiti

Anti-government protest in Haiti has turned violent

It was a battle between bullets and stones in the country's capital of Port-au-Prince on Thursday November 7, 2013. The situation then was much like the recent incident in Petit Goave where political unrest led to a clash between protesters and the security forces.

Back in 2013, a peaceful procession of about 3,000 began marching in the morning through the towns of the capital. They were demanding that the country's leader, President Michel Martelly, resign his post, but were reportedly met with people who hurled stones at them from alleys and rooftops. This initial chaos led to a greater one still, as police intervened with the use of tear gas, but were met by the protesters throwing stones back at them. The entire melee ended only after the group of protesters fled to nearby Petion-ville.

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Here is a picture of the two members of the opposition who were arrested today, October 26, 2014, during an anti-Government protest. Coordinator Biron Odige and spokesman for FOPARK(Mobilizasyon manch long pou voye Mateli ale) and Rony Timothee were both arrested.

The two were arrested at the opposition rally in Bel Air, at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the morning and taken to the police station in Petion-ville. The National Police has not provided any information concerning the arrest.

The protest did go on as scheduled, however. Several thousand protesters marched through the capital demanding the chance to vote in legislative and local elections. They started their rally in Bel Air slum, burning piles of wood and holding up their voting cards to show they were ready to cast ballots.

They traveled the streets of the Capital chanting several anti-Martelly slogans. the crowd got bigger as they reached St Martin, Delmas and Petion-ville to end at the Champ de Mars.

Kreyol Pale, Kreyol Kompran.

Mezanmi, sanble Rony Timothee nan cho anko oui ak La Polic. Nan Manifestasyon ke mesye FOPARK tap organize-a, La Polic vini li pran ni Rony Timothee avek Biron Odige, yon lot mam nan organizasyon-a, yo mete neg yo anba kod oui.

Pou Rony, se a pen kelke jou li ginyin depi yo lagge li. Nan rantre, soti, rantre, soti nan prizon an Ayiti, yon jou li kapab rete andedan net oui

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Close to 1, 500 people were in attendance of the 2013 staging of the 2nd annual Carnival of Flowers (Carnival des Fleurs). The festivities, which lasted for three days, from Sunday July 28th to Tuesday the 30th raised the eyebrows and the ire of more than a few critics; so much so, a few hundred of them attended the festivities solely to make their protestations heard. They cite their problem as the Carnival being a misappropriation of funds.

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The ire of the protestors who attended the Carnival des Fleurs was piqued by the decision of the President, Michel Martelly, to host the festival this year. Their grouse is with the estimated $2.2 million it took to fund the carnival, which many view as a non-productive, unnecessary waste of money that could have been used in any one of the other hundreds of needy sectors of the economy. While openly in opposition to the revelry going on at the Carnival, the protestors, paradoxically, added to the number of patrons at the festival.

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This is a classic scene during a protest in Haiti. A car that was parked in the path of the protest was vendalized.

In Haiti, protests are often turned violent. Some of the protesters use violence to make their point. As a result, many people bicome victim

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Here is a picture of the protest against Michel Martelly for December 6, 2013. According to the report, close to 2000 people were involved in the protest.

There was a plan also to reach the Dominican embassy; however, this did not take place

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Here is a picture of a group of people showing their support for the government of Michel Martelly on November 18, 2013.

The supporters took to the streets but clearly stated that they are not going to fight with fellow Haitians.

When the protest turned in direction to Petionville suburb where Martelly supporters were rallying, the protest got out of control

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