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The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday that it will no longer allow U.S. airlines to fly to Haiti for 30 days mobs shot down a Spirit Airlines flight and the United Nations said it will suspend flights, “which will markedly restrict the flow of humanitarian aid and humanitarian personnel into the country.”
The bullets hit the plane as it was about to land in the capital Port-au-Prince on Monday, wounding a flight attendant. It was part of a wave of violence that erupted in Haiti as the country swore in its new prime minister after a politically tumultuous process.
Life in much of Haiti’s capital came to a standstill after the wave of violence, which came to a head when gangs shot down a Spirit Airlines plane on Monday, forcing the airport to close. Photos and videos obtained by The Associated Press show bullet holes in the interior of a plane. A number of airlines suspended flights to Haiti through Thursday, but it was unclear how long the closures could last.
Nor the first interim Prime Minister Garry Conillenor the newly inaugurated Alix Didier Fils-Aimé commented on the violence.
But Luis Abinader, who as president of the neighboring Dominican Republic has cracked down on Haitian migration, called the shooting at the plane terrorism.
“This was an act of terrorism; the countries that monitor and help Haiti must declare these armed gangs terrorist groups,” Abinader said at a news conference.
On Tuesday, heavily armed police in armored cars outside the airport checked public transport trucks.
Schools were closed, as were banks and government offices. The streets, where only a day earlier gangs and police had been locked in a fierce gun battle, were eerily empty, with few passing by except a motorcycle with a shot man clinging to the back.
The sounds of heavy gunfire still echoed through the streets in the afternoon – a reminder that despite political maneuvering by Haitian elites and a strong push from the international community to restore peace, the country’s toxic gangs have largely of the Caribbean had a firm grip on them. nation.
The United Nations estimates that gangs control 85% of the capital Port-au-Prince. A UN-backed mission led by Kenyan police to quell gang violence is facing a lack of funding and personnel, prompting calls for a UN peacekeeping mission.
The violence comes after a transitional council tasked with restoring democratic order in Haiti, which has not held elections since 2016, decided to fire Conille, who often feuded with the council during his six months in office. The council quickly swore in businessman Fils-Aimé as the new interim prime minister.
Conille initially called the move illegal, but acknowledged Fils-Aimé’s appointment in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday.
“(I) wish him success in fulfilling this mission. At this crucial moment, unity and solidarity are essential for our country. Long live Haiti!” he wrote.
Fils-Aimé pledged to work with international partners to restore peace and hold long-awaited elections, a vow also taken by his predecessor.
But many Haitians, like 43-year-old Martha Jean-Pierre, are reluctant to engage in political fighting, which experts say only gives gangs more freedom to expand their control as Haiti teeters on the brink of famine.
Jean-Pierre was among those who braved the streets of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday to sell the plantains, carrots, cabbage and potatoes she carried in a basket on her head. She had no choice, she said; selling was the only way she could feed her children.
“What good is a new prime minister if there is no security, if I cannot move freely and sell my goods,” she said, nodding to her basket of vegetables. “This is my bank account, my family depends on this.”
It was a frustration that seemed to come from international players who have pushed for a peaceful solution in Haiti, such as the UN and the US
On Tuesday, the US State Department complained that Conille and the council were “unable to move forward in a constructive manner” and called on Fils-Aimé and the council to come up with a clear action plan that sets out a shared vision outlined how to reduce violence and the path forward for holding elections to “avoid further stalemate.”
“The acute and immediate needs of the Haitian people require that the transitional government prioritize governance over the competing personal interests of political actors,” it wrote in a statement.