During a televised address on Saturday night, Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant announced nine measures aimed at alleviating the country's economic crisis. Céant warned that the protests risked touching off a humanitarian crisis. People are seem at a burning barricade during anti-government protests in the Haitian capital on Sunday. Since the protests broke out, several foreign governments, including the United States and Canada, have urged citizens to avoid travel to Haiti. To address the economic crisis, the government will trim expenses by reducing trips abroad and the hiring of advisers, Céant said.

Source: CBC News February 17, 2019 22:04 UTC