Add it to Haiti’s list: Already reeling from a catastrophic earthquake, one of the world’s poorest economies, storms, a deadly cholera epidemic and unrest over U.N. peacekeepers, the Caribbean nation could now be on the edge of full-on political turmoil. The chaos in Sunday’s voting united most of the top presidential candidates against the president’s …
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REQUESTS CALM AS PROTESTS SWELL, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CALLS FOR CALM IN HAITI PORT-AU-PRINCE — Even as the international community continues to appeal for calm, Haitians gathered in the streets of Gonaives and elsewhere Monday to protest a decision to move ahead with election results despite allegations of voter fraud. Thousands took to the …
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Polling centres open late but candidates complain of irregularities in Port-au-Prince and other cities Street protests flared across Haiti last night as 12 of Haiti’s 18 presidential candidates denounced ‘massive fraud’ in yesterday’s election. Balloting, in what was billed by the international community as a historic election, was largely peaceful but marred by confusion, apathy …
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Haitians go to polls marred by violence and allegations of fraud as cholera death toll rises
In Haiti, there is an ongoing joke that the democratic process is not known as an election but a selection — implying a winnowing of the votes that has little to do with popular suffrage. On Sunday, the level of irregularities, reports of violence at voting centers and overall probability of voter fraud simply contributed …
