Thursday, April 10, 2008

Haiti: Day Four

Things are a lot calmer today. Roberta and some of the older boys got out early this morning and were able to take back roads to a missionary who'd just bought a bunch of fuel before the demonstrations ("manifestations" they call them locally) broke out. The missionary sold us some diesel, so we're still conserving as much energy as possible, but we're doing okay.

Haitian radio this morning was saying that the streets were calm, but local reports said that some protesters were still out. We didn't hear about any actual violence though and although the local stores were all closed today, I just talked to a guy who works at the local grocery who says that they're planning to be open tomorrow. So, it's calm and positive, but nobody's resting too easily.

The Associated Press is reporting that "peacekeepers cleared roadblocks and businesses reopened ... but protesters warned that chaos will return quickly if the government fails to rein in soaring food prices." I don't know what that means exactly or if we'll be able to venture into town at all, but we'll see. My even thinking about going into town is a huge indicator of the day we've had though. Hopefully tomorrow will be equally non-eventful.

And even more hopefully, someone can get these people some food. I don't like how they're expressing it, but at the same time you have to appreciate the position they're in.

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