Just Pinned to Ayiti Now Corp – Politics: A police officer arrests a supporter of presidential candidate Jude Celestin during a protest against official preliminary election results announced by the Electoral Council in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday Nov. 6, 2015. Celestin, a former state construction chief, and government-backed candidate Jovenel Moise, appear to be advancing to …
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Duvalier may have returned to Haiti in an effort to get his hands on some $7.6 million that Swiss authorities have withheld from him. It is due to be returned to the Haitian government, but under a Swiss law that takes effect on February 1, Duvalier can reclaim the money if he manages to enter …
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A GUIDE TO DECODING HAITI’S SHAM ELECTION: “ by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte) ‘Down with all the candidates for president, They want to sell out Haiti To the Americans to fill their pockets.’ Félix Morisseau-Leroy Haiti’s Nov. 28 general elections were a complete disaster, marred by blatant and widespread fraud, manipulation and disenfranchisement. The Center …
The Poor Always Pay: The Electoral Crisis in Haiti: “The start of Haiti’s most recent crisis came with ample warning. Most Port-au-Prince residents scurried to their homes mid-afternoon last Tuesday, certain of the violence and chaos which would ensue once the electoral council announced which two presidential candidates would make it to the run-offs. The …
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