8/3/2023 0 Comments Detroit free press opinion![]() ![]() ![]() If it was “unbelievable” that there is barely a paved road outside of the city of Port-au-Prince, then what do you say when those paved roads are blockaded by downed telephone lines, chopped trees or old cars, choking off any traffic and subjecting the rare brave driver to potential attacks? The United Nations Security Council is evaluating the request by the Haitian government for the immediate deployment of foreign troops to help free Haiti from the grip of gangs that has caused a scarcity of fuel, water, and other basic supplies. Protesters walk past burning tires during a protest to reject an international military force requested by the government and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday, Oct. ![]() If it was unbelievable that, during shortages, you sometimes had to pay $10 a gallon for gas on the black market, what do you say when they now want $50 a gallon? If it was “unbelievable” that fuel had to be subsidized by the government just for citizens to be able to afford it, then what do you say when gangs overtake the fuel terminals and nobody gets any fuel at all? If it was “unbelievable” that a nation just 700 miles off the Florida coast was already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, then what do you say when its meager economy comes to a halt? What adjective really suffices? “Unbelievable” just doesn’t cut it. Demonstrators fill the streets during a protest to reject an international military force requested by the government and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday, Oct. ![]()
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