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ORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct. 2 - Supporters of Haiti's ousted president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, threw stones and fired guns on streets littered with debris and overturned cars on Saturday in a third day of violent protests demanding Mr. Aristide's return.

At least seven people have been killed in the violence so far, including three police officers whose headless bodies were found Friday.

A fourth police officer was also fatally shot on the first day of fighting.

"Aristide's partisans have begun an urban guerrilla operation that they call Operation Baghdad," Jean-Claude Bajeux, a rights activist, said Saturday.

"The decapitations are imitative of those in Iraq, and they are meant to show the failure of U.S. policy in Haiti."

Tensions have exploded in Haiti as the country struggles to recover from catastrophic floods caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne two weeks ago. The storm killed more than 1,550 people and left some 900 missing, most presumed dead. It also left an estimated 300,000 homeless, some 200,000 of them in the northwestern city of Gonaïves. The storm's aftermath has tied up about 750 of the 3,000 United Nations peacekeeping troops in Haiti.

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Against that backdrop, Mr. Aristide's Lavalas Family party on Thursday began three days of commemoration of the coup in 1991 that toppled Mr. Aristide's first government.

They also demanded an end to "the occupation" and "the invasion" by foreign troops -- referring to the American-led force that came in after Mr. Aristide's ouster by a rebellion in February and the United Nations peacekeepers who have taken over since June.

Most vendors stayed home on Saturday morning as supporters of Mr. Aristide, now in exile in South Africa, took to the streets.

Masked gunmen were shooting into the air early on Saturday morning in the traditionally pro-Aristide neighborhood of Bel Air, the private radio station Signal FM reported.

"There is shooting," said Bonhonne Esperance, 42, an unemployed security guard in the area. "They are throwing rocks.

People can't walk on the street."

Gunfire also erupted early on Saturday in the slum of La Saline, and some people threw rocks at cars, residents said. At daybreak a team of Haitian police officers patrolled downtown Port-au-Prince by car.

Brazilian troops came under fire while on patrol on Thursday in the traditionally pro-Aristide neighborhood of Cité Soleil, a seaside slum teeming with gangsters loyal to Mr. Aristide.

A United Nations spokesman, Toussaint Kongo-Doudou, said the Brazilians returned fire. No injuries were reported.

The Haitian station Radio Metropole reported that at least one civilian had been fatally shot at a pro-Aristide demonstration on Friday.

Justice Minister Bernard Gousse said the police also killed two gang leaders and wounded a third on Thursday in Cité Soleil.

On Friday in Port-au-Prince's western suburb of Martissant, protesters fired shots in the air, blocked a highway with burning tires and smashed car windows, witnesses said. Radio Metro
ORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct. 2 - Supporters of Haiti's ousted president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, threw stones and fired guns on streets littered with debris and overturned cars on Saturday in a third day of violent protests demanding Mr. Aristide's return.

At least seven people have been killed in the violence so far, including three police officers whose headless bodies were found Friday.

A fourth police officer was also fatally shot on the first day of fighting.

"Aristide's partisans have begun an urban guerrilla operation that they call Operation Baghdad," Jean-Claude Bajeux, a rights activist, said Saturday.

"The decapitations are imitative of those in Iraq, and they are meant to show the failure of U.S. policy in Haiti."

Tensions have exploded in Haiti as the country struggles to recover from catastrophic floods caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne two weeks ago. The storm killed more than 1,550 people and left some 900 missing, most presumed dead. It also left an estimated 300,000 homeless, some 200,000 of them in the northwestern city of Gonaïves. The storm's aftermath has tied up about 750 of the 3,000 United Nations peacekeeping troops in Haiti.

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Against that backdrop, Mr. Aristide's Lavalas Family party on Thursday began three days of commemoration of the coup in 1991 that toppled Mr. Aristide's first government.

They also demanded an end to "the occupation" and "the invasion" by foreign troops -- referring to the American-led force that came in after Mr. Aristide's ouster by a rebellion in February and the United Nations peacekeepers who have taken over since June.

Most vendors stayed home on Saturday morning as supporters of Mr. Aristide, now in exile in South Africa, took to the streets.

Masked gunmen were shooting into the air early on Saturday morning in the traditionally pro-Aristide neighborhood of Bel Air, the private radio station Signal FM reported.

"There is shooting," said Bonhonne Esperance, 42, an unemployed security guard in the area. "They are throwing rocks.

People can't walk on the street."

Gunfire also erupted early on Saturday in the slum of La Saline, and some people threw rocks at cars, residents said. At daybreak a team of Haitian police officers patrolled downtown Port-au-Prince by car.

Brazilian troops came under fire while on patrol on Thursday in the traditionally pro-Aristide neighborhood of Cité Soleil, a seaside slum teeming with gangsters loyal to Mr. Aristide.

A United Nations spokesman, Toussaint Kongo-Doudou, said the Brazilians returned fire. No injuries were reported.

The Haitian station Radio Metropole reported that at least one civilian had been fatally shot at a pro-Aristide demonstration on Friday.

Justice Minister Bernard Gousse said the police also killed two gang leaders and wounded a third on Thursday in Cité Soleil.

On Friday in Port-au-Prince's western suburb of Martissant, protesters fired shots in the air, blocked a highway with burning tires and smashed car windows, witnesses said. Radio Metro

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ORT-AU-PRINCE, Haití, 2 de octubre - Los partidarios del derrocado presidente de Haití, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, arrojaron piedras y dispararon armas en calles llenas de escombros y volcaron autos el sábado en un tercer día de protestas violentas exigiendo el regreso de Aristide.

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Hasta el momento, al menos siete personas han muerto en la violencia, incluidos tres agentes de policía cuyos cuerpos decapitados fueron encontrados el viernes.

Un cuarto agente de policía también murió a tiros el primer día de enfrentamientos.

"Los partidarios de Aristide han iniciado una operación de guerrilla urbana a la que llaman Operación Bagdad", dijo el sábado Jean-Claude Bajeux, un activista de derechos humanos.

"Las decapitaciones son una imitación de las de Irak y pretenden mostrar el fracaso de la política estadounidense en Haití".

Las tensiones han estallado en Haití mientras el país lucha por recuperarse de las catastróficas inundaciones causadas por la tormenta tropical Jeanne hace dos semanas.

La tormenta mató a más de 1.550 personas y dejó unas 900 desaparecidas, la mayoría presuntamente muertas.

También dejó a unas 300.000 personas sin hogar, unas 200.000 de ellas en la ciudad noroccidental de Gonaïves. Las consecuencias de la tormenta han inmovilizado a unos 750 de los 3.000 soldados de paz de las Naciones Unidas en Haití.

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En ese contexto, el partido Familia Lavalas de Aristide inició el jueves tres días de conmemoración del golpe de 1991 que derrocó al primer gobierno de Aristide.

También exigieron el fin de "la ocupación" y "la invasión" de las tropas extranjeras, en referencia a la fuerza liderada por Estados Unidos que llegó después del derrocamiento de Aristide por una rebelión en febrero y a las fuerzas de paz de las Naciones Unidas que han asumido el poder desde entonces.

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La mayoría de los vendedores se quedaron en casa el sábado por la mañana mientras los partidarios de Aristide, ahora exiliado en Sudáfrica, salían a las calles.

Hombres armados enmascarados disparaban al aire a primera hora de la mañana del sábado en el barrio tradicionalmente pro-Aristide de Bel Air, informó la emisora de radio privada Signal FM. "Hay disparos", dijo Bonhonne Esperance, de 42 años, un guardia de seguridad desempleado en la zona. "Están tirando piedras.

La gente no puede caminar por la calle".

También se produjeron disparos a primera hora del sábado en el barrio marginal de La Saline y algunas personas arrojaron piedras a los coches, dijeron residentes.

Al amanecer, un equipo de policías haitianos patrullaba en coche el centro de Puerto Príncipe.

Tropas brasileñas fueron atacadas mientras patrullaban el jueves en el barrio tradicionalmente pro-Aristide de Cité Soleil, un barrio marginal costero repleto de gánsteres leales a Aristide.

Un portavoz de las Naciones Unidas, Toussaint Kongo-Doudou, dijo que los brasileños respondieron al fuego.

No se reportaron heridos.

Posted December 1 2023 at 2:37 PM

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