Thousands of people were in the streets of the town of Miragoâne this Monday, August 22, 2022, to denounce the macabre socio-economic situation of the country. Equipped with black shirts and various signs, these demonstrators expressed their exasperation with the persistence of the high cost of living and insecurity. They also complained about the loss of value of the gourde and the extreme rise of the American dollar.
These demonstrators, mostly young people, crisscrossed the city center from Miragoâne to Chalon. They took the opportunity to deplore the laxity of the de facto government of Ariel Henry in the face of the problem of insecurity, the high cost of living and the blockage of the south at the level of Martissant for over a year.
These young protesters also denounced the scarcity of fuel manufactured by the government and the business sector of the country. It is necessary to have 1300 gourdes for a gallon of gasoline in the city of Fernand Hibbert, stressed one of them.
More and more voices continue to be raised in the department of Nippes in the face of insecurity and the blockage of the national road at the level of Martissant. A situation that increases the already atrocious misery of the population, generating in particular the increase of inflation.