The U.S. Embassy in Haiti said it was closing down on Tuesday due to gunfire nearby, after months of ceaseless violence at the hands of gangs drove thousands of Haitians onto the streets to demand security.
The embassy was shuttered a day after several thousand people — their faces covered to conceal their identities — marched through Haiti's capital demanding protection from the violent gangs which have pillaged neighborhoods across the capital city and beyond for months.
"We want security!" the crowd chanted as it marched for two hours Monday from the troubled community of Carrefour-Feuilles to Champ de Mars in the downtown area and then to the prime minister's official residence, where police broke up the demonstration with tear gas. "I worry about my kids being shot because bullets are flying from all directions all the time," Joseph said of her children, ages 5 and 7."The situation is unacceptable."in 2021, experts say gangs have seized control of up to 80% of Port-au-Prince, killing, raping and sowing terror in communities already suffering endemic poverty.
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