People push wheelbarrows past a burning barricade during a protest against insecurity, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Jean Feguens Regala
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday to express their anger against armed gangs that control nearly all of the capital and surrounding areas and the government's failure to hold them off.
Violent armed groups have united behind a coalition known as Viv Ansanm and forced over 1 million people from their homes, which has contributed to a freezing of the economy and fueled mass hunger. They are also accused of extortion, mass rapes and killings.
