[Haiti] Riots: Violent demonstration

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Government employees in Port-au-Prince staged a demonstration on April 17, 2025, demanding salary payments and improved working conditions, with protesters setting up burning barricades that blocked traffic along Charles Summer Avenue in the Bois Verna district.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates and whether similar labor unrest spreads to other sectors or regions of Haiti.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of government employee strikes to other ministries or critical infrastructure sectors
• Track whether road blockages spread beyond Charles Summer Avenue to major commercial routes in Port-au-Prince