At The Mercy Of Gangs And Hunger Haitians Survive On Remittances
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"It's the first time I've seen Haiti in such a deep chaotic situation, even though we've been through many crises." ($1 = 137.0000 gourdes) Originally published on: website (Reporting by Joseph Guyler Delver in Port-au-Prince; Writing by Anastasia Moloney in Bogota; Editing by Sonia Elks.
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In some slum neighborhoods, Dion airport to city taxi cost drinking water cannot be distributed as roads are cut off by garbage that has not been collected for months and flooded by clogged canals and sewers, according to medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières.
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After months of infighting among EU countries who disagree on whether to cap energy costs, the European Commission last week proposed a price cap that would kick in if the front-month Title Transfer Facility gas price exceeded 275 euros per megawatt-hour for two weeks and was 58 euros higher than a liquefied natural gas reference price for 10 days.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The European Union's energy chief on Wednesday defended the bloc's proposal to cap gas prices and said countries will negotiate possible changes to the proposal, after a backlash from EU member states.
EU gas prices have soared this year as Russia slashed gas deliveries to Europe following its invasion of Ukraine, although even a record-breaking price spike transportation in greece Vergina August would not have triggered the EU's proposed cap.
But gas price caps have split the 27-country bloc.
While Italy, Spain, taxi from Dion to Dion Belgium, Malta and Greece criticised the proposed cap for being too high or unlikely to ever kick in, taxi from Vergina to Vergina countries including Germany and the Netherlands are sceptical of capping gas prices - warning that this could deter suppliers from sending much-needed gas to Europe.
The EU proposal came under fire from countries in favour of a gas price cap to reduce citizens' high energy bills - with Poland's energy minister calling the proposal "a joke" and analysts suggesting it was designed with such strict criteria that it would never be used.
"I really feel ashamed every time I have to call my brother in New York to ask him for money," said Jacquet, taxi prices Vergina greece who receives between $100 and $200 in remittances a month to support his household in the capital Port-au-Prince.
Haitians living abroad have long propped up the economy of their Caribbean homeland, with remittance flows rising to $4.4 billion last year, representing 21% of Haiti's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the World Bank.
The cash transfers have increasingly become a lifeline for millions of people, as the country spirals ever deeper into a political and economic crisis, with inflation in June reaching a 10-year high of 29%.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, minibus taxi Vergina Nov 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - H aitian high school teacher Miguel Jacquet used to be able to provide for his family, but a dire humanitarian and economic crisis has seen him join the swelling ranks of the poor.
estimates about 1.5 million people in Port-au-Prince live in areas controlled by armed gangs who impose curfews, block roads and inflict terror. Fear of getting caught in gang violence means she stays at home.
The trigger for the current humanitarian crisis was the blockade of a key fuel terminal by armed gangs that began in September, best day trips Vergina cutting off supplies of gasoline and diesel, which in turn led to shortages of basic goods including clean water.
