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HAITI HELL: State of Emergency and Curfew Extended – Looted Port Is Shut, Prompting Fears of Famine – American Citizens in the Country Have No Way of Escaping

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‘Barbecue’ and his rebels.

Haiti is adrift, with a missing-in-action Prime Minister and anarchy in the streets, where ‘the people with the guns’ rule.

The heavily armed gang-rebels have been staging attacks that paralyzed the capital of Port-au-Prince.

They have burned police stations, shot up the main international airport, and raided Haiti’s two biggest prisons, freeing almost 5,000 inmates.

So yesterday (7), whatever is left of Haiti’s government extended the state of emergency and nighttime curfew.

Read: Haiti Hell: Gang Leader ‘Barbecue’ Vows to ‘Arrest’ Ministers and Police Chief, Prevent PM From Returning to Country

Meanwhile, PM Henry has traveled to Kenya to push for the deployment of a U.N.-backed ‘police’ force from the East African country to fight gangs.

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