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“I am asking the entire international community, all countries that are friends of Haiti, to stand with us and help us fight this humanitarian crisis,” PM Henry says.
Haitian Prime Minister
Ariel Henry has called on the international community
to help the Caribbean nation, as a gang blockade of a key fuel
terminal has created widespread shortages of goods including
drinking water.
“I am asking the entire international community, all countries that are friends of Haiti, to stand with us and help us fight this humanitarian crisis,” Henry said in a televised address on Wednesday.
“We want potable water and medicine to reach sick people when cholera starts to return, for factories that produce potable water to start working again. We need doctors and nurses … to reach the hospitals.”
He did not elaborate on what specific type of assistance he was seeking.
Gangs have since last month been blocking the entrance to
the Varreux fuel terminal, creating dire shortages of diesel and
gasoline and crippling day-to-day activities in Haiti.
Authorities over the weekend confirmed an outbreak of
cholera, which is typically propagated by contaminated water.
No money left for subsidies
The fuel blockade began shortly after his September 11
announcement that the government would cut fuel subsidies,
triggering anger among Haitians already struggling with
sky-rocketing prices.
Henry on Wednesday said the subsidies were an unsustainable
expense for the Haitian state.
“When we … subsidise a single product for the benefit of a group of people, there is no longer any way to help mothers and fathers send their children to school,” he said. “There is no money left for subsidies to lower food prices.”
Source: Reuters
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