A boy stood his ground and took cover behind a garbage bin as United Nations armored vehicles advanced on protesters after the rest of them ran down the street in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday.CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Violent protests, ignited by preliminary presidential election results that were widely considered suspect, shut down …
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The headquarters of Haiti’s ruling party was set ablaze today as riots grew over disputed presidential election results. Protests have also broken out in Les Cayes, Cap-Haitien and other cities. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital, erecting barricades and setting fires, furious that government-backed candidate Jude Celestin, the …
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Election officials in Haiti say governing party candidate Jude Celestin will be in a presidential run-off with former first lady Mirlande Manigat. Ms Manigat won 31% of the vote and Mr Celestin 22%. Pop star Michel Martelly polled just over 21% but, as things stand, misses out on the run-off. Violent protests broke out in …
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• Provisional date of 16 January set for decisive contest • Further violence feared amid fraud allegations Supporters of Michel Martelly at a campaign rally in Cap Haitian last month. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP Haiti was today preparing for the results of troubled elections that have generated fraud charges, protests and sporadic violence, and which and …
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US embassy in Port-au-Prince questions whether Haiti election results are consistent with ‘the will of the Haitian people’ Haiti’s international airport was shut and the offices of its ruling coalition government were set alight amid violent clashes after electoral authorities announced that President René Préval’s hand-picked successor would stand in a runoff election. An announcement …
