Bel Air, Haiti
| Bel Air Bèlè | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
|
Ti Chery, Bel Air | |
  Bel Air Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates: 18°33′N 72°20′W / 18.550°N 72.333°WCoordinates: 18°33′N 72°20′W / 18.550°N 72.333°W | |
| Country |
 Haiti |
| Department | Ouest |
| Arrondissement | Port-au-Prince |
Bel Air (Haitian Creole: Bèlè, English: Good Air) is a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is a slum area of the city and suffers from poverty. Crime is widespread, and kidnappings and killings have created panic among the local population.[1]
History
Bel Air has served as a launching site for political demonstrations demanding the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. In recent years it has been marred by political violence and massacres by police.[2]
On January 5, 2005 an uprising broke out and was suppressed by hundreds of Brazilian soldiers and special units of the Haitian National Police.[2] Five persons were reported to have been killed.[2]The trouble in the Bel Air area of the city was seen by the authorities as a major threat to the safety of the 2005 elections in Haiti.
The neighborhood was the most devastated area of Port-au-Prince after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[3]
Crime
At the end of 2011, the murder rate in Bel Air reached 50 murders per 100,000 residents, up from 19 murders per 100,000 residents in 2010.[4]
References
- ↑ UNICEF
- 1 2 3 "UN occupies Bel Air in Haiti". Haitaction.net. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
- ↑ Fome e sede fazem violência aumentar em Porto Príncipe no Haiti (in Portuguese), Correio da Bahia. Retrieved on January 20, 2010.
- ↑ "Haiti’s Urban Crime Wave? Results from Monthly Household Surveys August 2011 - February 2012", Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Igarape. Kolbe, Athena R & Muggah, Robert (2012), p.4.
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