Thread by @CrisisGroup

🇭🇹1. The political crisis and gang violence in #Haiti are generating shortages and making basic products impossible to afford.

@ICGlatam is currently in #PortAuPrince and this is some of what it has seen of this escalating humanitarian crisis. 🧵👇
unicef.org/lac/en/press-r…

⛽️2. In mid-September, the G9 gang group blocked @TVarreux in #PortAuPrince, the country's main oil terminal. For 2 months, fuel could only be found in the informal market, where the price per gallon exceeded $30 USD (5,000 gourdes).

🚔3. On 3 November @PrimatureHT announced that @pnh_officiel had recovered @TVarreux. Although distribution to stations was restored days later, the gangs still control transportation routes and hinder the supply of fuel in the north and south of the country.

💵4. On 19 November, some stations opened for the first time since 11 September, when the government had announced a cut in subsidies for oil products, which on average had doubled the prices of gasoline and diesel.
apnews.com/article/caribb…

🤲5. People in #PortAuPrince have told @icglatam that the main problem is no longer a lack of fuel, but money.

This has also generated violence. On 21 November, a “tap-tap” driver killed a passenger who refused to pay more than the official price.

📝6. The start of the school year originally scheduled for 5 September was postponed to 3 October.

However, many families do not have the means to pay for transport and school supplies, and most schools remain closed.

🏥🚰7. Some of the areas hit the hardest by the new cholera outbreak are controlled by gangs.

In consequence, armed clashes prevent the entry of trucks with drinking water, necessary to prevent the transmission of the disease.

🤝8. It is urgent that the govt. of @DrArielHenry and the factions of the opposition reach a sufficiently broad agreement that resolves the political crisis and makes it possible to address the violence and the humanitarian situation with a common front.
crisisgroup.org/latin-america-…