Haiti unrest leaves US missionaries stranded
CNN- A number of US missionary groups are stranded in Haiti after protesters took to the streets following a fuel price hike ordered by the government.
One group described burning barricades preventing them from reaching the airport in the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
The US Embassy in Haiti warned its citizens Saturday to stay inside amid continued demonstrations in Port-au-Prince and a northern city.
Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant on Saturday announced a temporary stop to the price increases and appealed for calm. Prices for gasoline were to rise 38% while diesel prices were to go up 47% and kerosene 51%, the Haitian daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported.
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