Haiti: One dead as protest escalates in Port-au-Prince over fuel shortages

W/S Tyres burning; flames and smoke billowing, Port-au-Prince
M/S Tyres burning; flames and smoke billowing
M/S Flames and smoke billowing
W/S Vehicles blocking road; smoke billowing
W/S Tear gas; riot police firing
M/S Riot police
W/S Riot police throwing stones
M/S Riot police
M/S Riot police
M/S Dead person
M/S Dead person
M/S Dead person
M/S Dead person being carried
W/S Dead person being carried
M/S Dead person being put in vehicle
SOT, Protester (Haitian Creole): "We have the right to assert our rights. The police have no reason to prevent us from demonstrating or killing us. We will keep blocking the street until [Haitian President Jovenel Moise] Jovenel resigns."
W/S Protesters setting up barricade
M/S Barricade
M/S Riot police
W/S Vehicle blocking road
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One person reportedly died as a protest escalated in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Monday, over fuel shortages in the country.
People were seen barricading streets and setting tyres alight during the protest. One demonstrator said, "We have the right to assert our rights. The police have no reason to prevent us from demonstrating or killing us. We will keep blocking the street until [Haitian President Jovenel Moise] Jovenel resigns."
The protest comes as Haiti faces fuel shortages following the government's failure to pay some $100 (€90.8 million) to fuel suppliers.
Haiti has been gripped by the fuel crisis since the last year's collapse of the PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela, which allowed Haiti along with other Caribbean countries to purchase subsidised fuel.