Hundreds protest Haiti gov't plan to destroy slum

Published November 20, 2014

Hundreds are marching in the suburbs of Haiti's capital to protest a government plan to destroy their shantytown homes on the side of a hill.

The protesters snaked through the grid-like streets of Petionville as they chanted threats to burn down the relatively affluent city if authorities flatten their nearby homes.

An official with the Ministry of Environment said on local radio last week that the government wants to tear down several hundred homes surrounding Petionville because it needs to install channels to curb flooding.

Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince is filled with some 3 million people and the mountains have been covered over the years with concrete homes and hovels that collapse in heavy rains.

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