November 30, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, Gonaives, Protest, voter fraud allegations
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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November 30, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, Aristide, elections, Manigat
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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November 30, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2015 elections, cholera
Haitians go to polls marred by violence and allegations of fraud as cholera death toll rises
November 30, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, Port Au Prince, voter fraud allegations
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 …
November 24, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, elections
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The convoy of a leading Haitian presidential candidate came under attack from gunmen, the candidate’s sister said Tuesday. “We just cannot believe it. It’s unbelievable. We’re still in shock,” said Rita Celestin-Rancy, a sister of Jude Celestin, who was traveling with her brother’s 20-vehicle convoy to the southern city of Jeremie …
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