Haiti Election Count Delayed By INGRID ARNESEN PORT-AU-PRINCE—Haiti’s election agency postponed announcing the preliminary results from the country’s recent presidential run-off, saying higher turnout and fraud were delaying the count. The Provisional Electoral Council said it would announce results of the March 20 election next Monday, a four-day delay from the original date of this […]
January 24, 2011
Luckily, this panel discussion includes Peter Hallward, author of the recent book: “Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment” which I recommend highly. It is Hallward who provides the background on what happened to Aristide and why. Of course, the main focus is Haiti and the ridiculous election.
December 3, 2010
So what’s up with this creepy, Vincent Price-like diplomat from Guatemala, Edmond Mulet, who is interfering so confidently in the Haitian election? An Al Jazeera report by Sebastian Walker which aired last night, reveals that Mulet contacted two candidates, Mirlande Manigat and Michel Martelly, on the same day earlier this week and told each one that they were […]
November 28, 2010
Haitian candidates allege widespread fraud in national election From Ivan Watson, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: 11 of the 18 candidates running for president allege widespread fraud at the polls NEW: The candidates say the vote should be annulled Polls opened early Sunday on the fragile island nation Voters are struggling to overcome after-effects of the […]
March 30, 2011
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