The Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince was home to a general strike which included closed businesses, in an attempt to pressure UN peacekeepers to give a strong crackdown on gang-related kidnappings that have left the capital in a state of anxiety. The Haitian Chamber of Commerce, who called the general strike, represented a growing dissatisfaction with the U.N. peacekeeping efforts, and a frustration with the growth of violence, particularly in the slum area of Cite Soleil, where very well armed gangs, some loyal to the ousted Aristide regime, are responsible for various kidnappings and ambushes. The U.N. peacekeeping force was occupied, however, by the recent death of its supreme commander, Bacelar, from Brazil, supposedly of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.