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The usually chaotic streets of Haiti’s capital were quiet and largely empty Monday as thousands of workers angry about the nation’s lack of security went on strike in protest two days after 17 member…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) A protest strike shuttered businesses, schools and public transportation in a new blow to Haiti's anemic economy, and unions and other groups vowed to continue the shutdown Tuesday in anger over worsening crime as authorities try to rescue 17 kidnapped members of a U.S.-based missionary group.
Protests have already seized the country's anemic economy as unions and other groups vowed to continue business shutdowns in anger over worsening crime in the country.