HTH -- Haiti Earthquake

November 18, 2010. Third protester killed as unrest scales down in Haiti

SOURCE: Altegrity Risk International

Anti-UN protests have scaled down in northern Haiti, although small-scale unrest continued to be reported on November 17th. Authorities say a third protester was killed in clashes in Cap-Haitien when a UN armored vehicle ran into a trench that protesters had dug in the street; when UN personnel got out to push the vehicle, they were attacked by protesters and opened fire, killing one and injuring another. Flaming barricades remained and protesters threw rocks at any police attempting to remove them.

Meanwhile, authorities reported that a small protest took place in Port-au-Prince, with resident marching towards Haiti's collapsed national palace while tearing down and burning campaign posters of Jude Celestin, the candidate of President Rene Preval's Unity party. Additional protests are expected in Port-au-Prince on November 18th.

Protesters claim the UN is responsible for the recent cholera outbreak, which has now killed 1,110 people and sickened 18,382 others. Health officials are unable to keep up with the disease, with the country's hospitals overwhelmed. Reports out of Cap-Haitien indicate that bodies of cholera patients are being left in the streets.

Meanwhile, Florida health officials confirmed a case of cholera in a woman who had recently visited Haiti. However, officials say the disease is unlikely to spread in the U.S.