Haitians protest, chanting slogans against a government plan to destroy hillside shanties for a flood-control project

Haitians protest, chanting slogans against a government plan to destroy hillside shanties for a flood-control project

Haitians protest, chanting slogans against a government plan to destroy hillside shanties for a flood-control project, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, June 25, 2012. More than 1,000 demonstrators marched, some chanting threats to burn down the relatively affluent district if the authorities flatten their homes. Many of the threatened homes are in Jalousie, a cinderblock shantytown that spreads across a mountainside alongside the relatively affluent city of Petionville that makes up the Port-au-Prince metro area.

Vendors take cover as Haitian police begin to release tear gas at demonstrators protesting a government plan to destroy hillside shanties for a flood-control project, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, June 25, 2012. More than 1,000 demonstrators marched, chanting threats to burn down the relatively affluent district if the authorities flatten their homes. Many of the threatened homes are in Jalousie, a cinderblock shantytown that spreads across a mountainside alongside the relatively affluent city of Petionville that makes up the Port-au-Prince metro area.

Vendors take cover as Haitian police begin to release tear gas at demonstrators

A female bystander who was mistakenly hit by a stone aimed at police, is led in search of an ambulance, during a demonstration protesting a government plan to destroy hillside shanties for a flood-control project, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, June 25, 2012. More than 1,000 demonstrators marched, chanting threats to burn down the relatively affluent district if the authorities flatten their homes. Many of the threatened homes are in Jalousie, a cinderblock shantytown that spreads across a mountainside alongside the relatively affluent city of Petionville that makes up the Port-au-Prince metro area.

A female bystander who was mistakenly hit by a stone aimed at police, is led in search of an ambulance

Students gather on a balcony to watch a demonstration unfold below them, where residents of hillside shanties gathered to protest a government plan to destroy their homes for a flood-control project, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, June 25, 2012. More than 1,000 demonstrators marched, chanting threats to burn down the relatively affluent district if the authorities flatten their homes. Many of the threatened homes are in Jalousie, a cinderblock shantytown that spreads across a mountainside alongside the relatively affluent city of Petionville that makes up the Port-au-Prince metro area.

Students gather on a balcony to watch a demonstration unfold below them

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