Vigilantes battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as Haiti’s elites vie for power
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The wide road that passes in front of Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport has a post-apocalyptic stillness these days. Where cars and crowds of people once massed, only tendrils of smoke rise from smoldering piles of trash, sending a bitter taste into the air.
By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN