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Updated: September 27, 2022

Haiti: Hospitals Prepare For Closure As Gangs Block Fuel Supplies

By Quadri Adejumo
September 27, 2022
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Hospitals that rely on fuel-powered generators for electricity in Haiti’s capital have warned they could be forced to close.

This is as a gang blockade on the main fuel terminal in Port-au-Prince worsens insecurity in the Caribbean nation.

Port-au-Prince gangs earlier this month dug trenches and littered shipping containers at entrances to the Varreux terminal to protest a government announcement that it planned to cut fuel subsidies due to their high cost.

Haiti has seen rising gang violence after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July last year plunged the country into even deeper political instability.

Violence also soared in Port-au-Prince as armed groups battle for control, with international aid groups warning that food insecurity was set to worsen as a result of the attacks.