Informal Vendors March on PM's Residence Over Gang Violence, Economic Collapse

Dozens of informal street vendors — organized by the Collectif des Citoyens du Secteur Informel Haïtien et des Petites Entreprises (CCIHPE) under General Coordinator Boileau Junior Mondésir, and drawn from markets including Marché Salomon, Portail Léogâne, and Champ de Mars — marched through downtown Port-au-Prince on September 20, 2026, to Avenue Charles Sumner (home to several government ministries) and the Prime Minister's official residence. Protesters carried banners and chanted slogans including "We cannot take it anymore" and "Hunger is killing us," demanding tax relief, security improvements, direct state financial support, justice and reparations for gang-violence losses, and access to education for their children. Organizers accused the government of failing to distribute 21 billion gourdes earmarked for economic recovery that the informal sector said it never received. No casualties were reported during the protest itself; it took place against the backdrop of the ongoing Kenscoff gang crisis and broader economic collapse facing Haiti's informal sector, which employs the large majority of the workforce.