Haiti: High fuel, food prices pile new pressure on families

Haiti, the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere, has been hit the hardest by rising oil prices that experts warn will deepen a spiraling humanitarian crisis.

The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has caused oil prices in the Caribbean nation to surge, disrupting critical supply chains, doubling transportation costs and forcing millions of undernourished people to cut back on already scarce meals.

On April 2, Haiti’s government…