‘Streets Of Port-au-Prince Are In Flames’ — Election Anger
Shots can be heard in the background as NPR’s Jason Beaubien reported overnight from Port-au-Prince that the Haitian capital’s streets were aflame.
Jason Beaubien, from Port-au-Prince
Fires are still smoldering this morning, Jason has since reported.
The Associated Press describes the scene this way:
“Furious supporters of eliminated candidates set fires and put up barricades in the streets of Haiti’s capital after officials announced that government protege Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat would advance to a runoff in presidential elections.”