Students protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Students are protesting to demand authorities respond to their striking teachers' demands for higher pay and improved working conditions. Students are concerned they will not be able to take exams which allow them to move on to the next level. Public school teachers across Haiti have been on strike for one week. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haiti-Government Condemns Actions Of Protesting Students

The Haitian government has condemned the protest action by students of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), who engaged in various acts of vandalism on Tuesday as they staged another street protest demanding that their teachers report for work.

In a statement, the Ministry of Education said that the students came to the ministry and blocked access to the buildings for several hours, breaking the main barrier and the windshields of several vehicles parked on the compound as well as the windows of the buildings.

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