"Bèlè" redirects here. For similar terms, see Bele.
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] The neighborhood is also noted for housing a community of artists and craftsmen who produce inspired by Haitian Vodou, such as flags.[2][3]
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.[4]
In the late 19th century, Bel Air was the preferred place of settlement for British West Indian migrants to Haiti, the largest group of which were Jamaicans.[5]
On January 5, 2005 an uprising broke out and was suppressed by hundreds of Brazilian soldiers and special units of the Haitian National Police.[4] Five persons were reported to have been killed.[4] 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 2010 earthquake destroyed numerous buildings in Bel Air.
The neighborhood was the most devastated area of Port-au-Prince after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[6]
Crimeedit
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.[7]
^Nou La, We Here: Remembrance and Power in the Arts of Haitian Vodou. 2007. p. 125. ISBN9780549453369.
^ abc"UN occupies Bel Air in Haiti". Haitaction.net. from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
^Smith, Matthew J. (2014-10-20). Liberty, Fraternity, Exile: Haiti and Jamaica after Emancipation. UNC Press Books. pp. 216–217. ISBN9781469617985.
^Fome e sede fazem violência aumentar em Porto Príncipe no Haiti 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine (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.[permanent dead link]
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