United Nations peacekeepers clash with Haiti protesters.

Haitian police and UN peacekeepers
have clashed with protesters as
several thousand opposition
supporters tried to march on the
presidential palace, demanding new
leadership.
The Associated Press reported that UN
troops fired in the air as police used
tear gas to disperse protesters. The
demonstrations started off peacefully
but shots were fired after protesters
burned tires and threw rocks at police.
Friday’s march in the capital, Port-au-
Prince, was only the latest in a series
of demonstrations by opposition
supporters demanding the resignation
of President Michel Martelly and
Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.
It came just days after a government-
appointed commission recommended
that the country’s prime minister
resign.
As the protests were still going on, the
president said on Friday evening that
Lamothe was ready to step down to
help end the country’s political
impasse.
“The prime minister is ready to
resign,” Martelly said in a national
address.
“I acknowledge this decision he is
making to help find a solution to the
crisis. I commend him for his courage
and determination to help Haiti.”