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| Passengers on their way to the capital, take cover from the hot sun on
the blocked road to Gonaives in the small village of L'Estere, about 53 miles (85
kilometers) northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002. Villagers blocked
the road protesting bad living conditions and unfulfilled promises from Haiti's President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide to build a hospital. Gunmen drove a tractor through the wall of a
prison in Gonaives last Friday to free a jailed political activist and 159 prisoners
escaped. Militant community leaders called for a nationwide uprising to oust Aristide. (AP
Photo/Andres Leighton) |
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| A passenger on his way to the capital, takes cover from the hot sun on a
blocked road to Gonaives in the small village of L'Estere, about 53 miles (85 kilometers)
northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002. Villagers blocked the road
protesting bad living conditions and unfulfilled promises from Haiti's President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide to build a hospital. Gunmen drove a tractor through the wall of a
prison in Gonaives last Friday to free a jailed political activist and 159 prisoners
escaped. Militant community leaders called for a nationwide uprising to oust Aristide. (AP
Photo/Andres Leighton) |
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| A motorbike uses the sidewalk to cross the blocked road at the small
villa of L'Estere, about 53 miles (85 kilometers) northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002. Villagers of L'Estere blocked the road to Gonaives protesting bad
living conditions and unfulfilled promises from President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to build
a hospital. Gunmen drove a tractor through the wall of a prison in Gonaives last Friday to
free a jailed political activist and 159 prisoners escaped. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) |
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| A street vendor selling colored bulbs walks past graffiti that reads
"Cuban or Death" in the Raboteau neighborhood of Gonaives, 60 miles (97
kilometers) northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002. "Cuban"
is the nickname of Amiot Metayer, a former ally of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide who
turned against the president. Metayer was freed, along with 159 prisoners after gunmen
drove a tractor through the wall of a prison last Friday. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) |
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| Children chant "Down with Aristide" during a demonstration in
the Raboteau neighborhood of Gonaives, 60 miles (97 kilometers) northwest of
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2002. Gunmen drove a tractor through the wall of
a prison last Friday to free a jailed political activist and 159 prisoners escaped.
Militant community leaders called for a nationwide uprising to oust Haiti's President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) |
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