Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption, hoarding
PORT-AU-PRINCE Feb 8, 2010 Hundreds of Haitian earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of their wrecked capital on Sunday. 
They accused the district mayor of corruption and hoarding food aid provided by relief groups.
Aid agencies from around the world have provided tons of rice and other food to Haiti after the earthquake there last month.
But its distribution to the hungry and homeless have been slow and sometimes chaotic.
Most of the demonstrators were women. Aid agencies are doling out food to women to prevent men from dominating distribution sites, and because they believe women are more likely to share it with children and relatives.
Donor nations have poured also tens of millions of dollars into the impoverished Caribbean nation. Some Haitians have blamed corruption for its sluggish distribution.
Sacks of donated rice have turned up in local street markets. But aid officials said it was inevitable. The country was ranked 10th from the bottom in Transparency International's latest corruption rating of 180 nations.
Haitian President Rene Preval has been seen only occasionally in public since the quake. He has been targeted by some protests.
