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‘The only Pressure We Have Left’: Port-Au-Prince Hit by Second Blackout as Residents Weaponize Power Cuts
- On June 17 and 18, 2025, residents of Mirebalais forcibly shut down Haiti's main Pligre hydroelectric plant near their gang-controlled town, plunging Port-au-Prince into darkness.
- The shutdown occurred following increasing clashes between police and gangs that resulted in gangs maintaining dominance over Mirebalais for more than a month, prompting residents to demonstrate against the government's failure to address security issues.
- Residents overwhelmed the plant, toppled a transmission tower, and dismantled infrastructure to prevent quick restoration while demanding the government retake Mirebalais and nearby Saut-d'Eau.
- Robenson Mazarin, a lawyer living in Mirebalais, emphasized that residents have resorted to leveraging the city’s electricity supply—the only remaining tool at their disposal—to apply pressure following unmet commitments.
- The plant, built in the 1950s and supplying over 30% of Haiti's electricity at reduced capacity, requires significant repairs complicated by gang presence, suggesting prolonged power outages and deepening crisis.
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‘The only pressure we have left’: Port-au-Prince hit by second blackout as residents weaponize power cuts
PORT-AU-PRINCE —Haiti’s capital has been in total blackout for over 3 days after residents from the Central Plateau shut down the Péligre hydroelectric plant—Haiti’s main source of electricity—in protest. Power cuts have left Port-au-Prince and its surrounding communities in complete darkness for the second time in just over a month, revealing the fragile power of the country’s governing body, the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) and the …
Haiti’s Capital Blacked Out After Mob Storms Hydroelectric Plant to Protest Gang Violence
A mob of angry Haitian citizens stormed a hydroelectric plant in the town of Mirebalais on Wednesday, plunging the capital city of Port-au-Prince into darkness, in an attempt to protest the lack of government action against gang violence. The post Haiti’s Capital Blacked Out After Mob Storms Hydroelectric Plant to Protest Gang Violence appeared first on Breitbart.
Protesters tore down a tower belonging to the company responsible for the supply
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Haiti's capital in the dark after residents storm hydroelectric plant
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince was in the dark on Wednesday after residents of a nearby town stormed a dam and brought it offline in protest at government inaction over gang violence.
Puerto Príncipe, 19 Jun (Prensa Latina) The gang members in Haiti continue today without yielding to the operations of the national police, who lost another armored force in the town of Mirebalais, 59 kilometers from this capital. The post Gang members in Haiti without first yielding police operations appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
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