Recently there has been news about riots in Haiti because of rising prices for food and fuel. In an effort to survive in a country where the most an individual can earn in a day is $2, people opt to try and leave the country by boarding rickety old ships. According to BBC News, the bodies of 20 Haitian migrants were found off the coast of the Bahamas after their boat capsized, there were three survivors. In this area reports of drowning are common.
If individuals are unable to survive should there not be a better method to get by then leaving the country? Or if that is the only way to survive is there not a more safe method then boarding unsafe ships? Last year there were 61 deaths due to capsized boats.
If individuals are unable to survive should there not be a better method to get by then leaving the country? Or if that is the only way to survive is there not a more safe method then boarding unsafe ships? Last year there were 61 deaths due to capsized boats.
This is just one indirect negative to the rise in prices. The riots have caused many deaths directly.
According to the AP, even though economic growth has increased and inflation has gone down there has not been any improvement in living conditions. The government can not expect people to survive on little to no food and fuel and be happy about it, riots and departures are the likely outcome.
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