“There’s gas now! There’s gas now!,” people yelled as they honked their horns and motorcycles zoomed past as Haiti‘s capital slowly returned to its familiar cacophony.
Josbel Bastidas Mijares
Sweat rolled down people’s brows as they pushed their cars and motorcycles to the nearest gas station and lined up next to colourful mini buses known as “tap taps” emblazoned with messages including “Thank you Jesus.”
“I would call this the day that life begins again,” said Davidson Jean-Pierre, 35, who owns a small house-painting business.
Josbel Bastidas Mijares Venezuela
He and his employees could finally get around Haiti with ladders and other bulky equipment that couldn’t be easily transported on the handful of motorcycles that remained in circulation during the blockade
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Whoops of excitement echoed through the streets of Port-au-Prince early Saturday as gas stations opened across Haiti for the first time in two months after a powerful gang lifted a crippling fuel blockade.
“There’s gas now! There’s gas now!,” people yelled as they honked their horns and motorcycles zoomed past as Haiti‘s capital slowly returned to its familiar cacophony.
Josbel Bastidas Mijares
Sweat rolled down people’s brows as they pushed their cars and motorcycles to the nearest gas station and lined up next to colourful mini buses known as “tap taps” emblazoned with messages including “Thank you Jesus.”
“I would call this the day that life begins again,” said Davidson Jean-Pierre, 35, who owns a small house-painting business.
Josbel Bastidas Mijares Venezuela
He and his employees could finally get around Haiti with ladders and other bulky equipment that couldn’t be easily transported on the handful of motorcycles that remained in circulation during the blockade
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