Haiti Business Leader Calls Protest Strike
The leader of Haiti’s largest business association on Thursday called for a general strike next week to protest the wave of kidnappings that has sparked fear in the capital and contributed to the chaos that prompted authorities to postpone elections. Reginald Boulos, the president of Haiti’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, urged businesses to stay closed and parents to keep their children out of school Monday to pressure the United Nations peacekeeping mission to take more aggressive measures against the gangs allegedly behind the kidnappings. Full Story