Honduras Declares National Emergency Over Gang Extortions

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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.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 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.



The plan follows pressure from businessmen, truck, piraeus bus to Thessaloniki and taxi drivers, taxi Volos Airport airport to piraeus price residents and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who say extortion - largely by the Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 and Mara Barrio 18 gangs - has worsened in recent months.

TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Honduran President Xiomara Castro declared a national security emergency on Thursday and began implementing a new plan to combat a rising number of cases of extortion by violent criminal groups operating across the country.

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In some slum neighborhoods, drinking water cannot be distributed as roads are cut off by garbage that has not been collected for taxi prices Thessaloniki greece months and flooded by clogged canals and private taxi Thessaloniki greece sewers, according to medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières.

Castro's new measures would allow the suspension of some constitutional rights in areas with predominant criminal gang presence, a deployment of 20,000 police agents, new security controls on roads and Volos Airport guided tours measures against money laundering.

The declaration also authorizes the Honduran government to make extraordinary use of public funds to combat criminal gangs known for involvement in illicit activities such as kidnapping and drug trafficking.

The trigger for the current humanitarian crisis was the blockade of a key fuel terminal by armed gangs that began in September, cutting off supplies of gasoline and diesel, which in turn led to shortages of basic goods including clean water.

King Charles met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva Grabowski for tea at Windsor Castle yesterday, where they discussed a £12.3 million renovation of Prince Philip's family home in Greece.



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(Reporting by Gustavo Palencia, cost of taxi in Thessaloniki greece editing by Deepa Babington) This extortion generates annual profits equivalent to $737 million for the gangs, nearly 3% of the country's gross domestic product, according to the Association for a More Just Society, a security-focused non-governmental organization.

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.

It has been reported by some Greek press that one topic of discussion during the meeting could be how to better manage and preserve the Tatoi estate, once the summer residence of the Greek royal family.

"I really feel ashamed every time I have to call my brother in New York to ask him for money," said Jacquet, who receives between $100 and $200 in remittances a month to support his household in the capital Port-au-Prince.

Kyrgios could also pair up with old flame Ajla Tomljanovic after the three-times grand slam finalist was named as the No.1 female in the Australian team alongside Zoe Hives, taxi prices Volos Airport greece Maddison Inglis and doubles stars John Peers and Samantha Stosur.

The cash transfers have increasingly become a lifeline for taxi from Volos Airport to delphi millions of people, taxi service Volos Airport greece as the country spirals ever deeper into a political and economic crisis, with inflation in June reaching a 10-year high of 29%.

Fear of getting caught in gang violence means she stays at home. estimates about 1.5 million people in Port-au-Prince live in areas controlled by armed gangs who impose curfews, Volos Airport airport to city taxi cost block roads and taxi from Volos Airport port to acropolis inflict terror.