Gérard André sitting in his home marked for demolition in Des Charriers, Cap-Haitien, on Jan. 16, 2024. Photo by Onz Chery for The Haitian Times

CAP-HAITIEN—City Hall officials have postponed the demolition of several homes built on a hilltop village in the path of a canal, citing concerns about political unrest as anti-government protests occurred in Haiti’s second largest city.

“We’re very careful because of the political movement,” Deputy Mayor Patrick Almonor said to The Haïtian Times in a WhatsApp message. “If the vehicles are in the streets, they might burn them because of political actions.”

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Onz Chery is a Haiti correspondent for The Haitian Times. Chery started his journalism career as a City College of New York student with The Campus. He later wrote for First Touch, local soccer leagues in New York and Elite Sports New York before joining The Haitian Times in 2019.