Missionary Groups Stranded in Haiti Amid Violent Gas Tax Protests
As of Monday morning, the U.S. Embassy in Haiti was still urging Americans to "shelter in place" after a weekend of violent protests directly responsible for the deaths of at least three people. Airplanes were delayed, Internet and phone lines were cut, cities descended into chaos, and church missionary groups turned back from threatening roadblocks.
This situation strikes me personally because my church's youth ministry just had a mission trip to Haiti, and by God's grace they returned in time to escape this horrible situation. Many other groups did not, however.
The rioting began Friday, as Haitians took to the streets to protest an increase in fuel prices from 38 percent to 51 percent. The government quickly abandoned this plan as chaos erupted over the weekend. At least three people were killed in protests on Friday, and police said the bodies of four people were found Sunday in the streets...
Charles A. Bonadies | 7/8/2007
