“A colorful group of people are running in a complicated Haitian presidential race where the stakes are high in Sunday’s elections. Each represents a different segment of Haitian society. With observers saying the race will go to a Jan. 16 runoff, five have shown themselves to be strong competitors with the chance to emerge among
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Haiti has leapt past 250. More than 3,000 people are infected, said Gabriel Thimote, director general of Haiti’s health department. Five cases of cholera were detected in the capital, Port-au-Prince, but UN officials said the patients had been quickly diagnosed and isolated. Officials say the disease is
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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