Will Haitians ever see their votes count in a real Election?
La campagne électorale a pris fin, les élections ont eu lieu, l’heure n’est plus a la dissension mais au consensus ! Chers Internautes, Je constate avec amertume que nous gaspillons nos énergies à nous combattre l’un l’autre ou à essayer de détruire un président qui est déjà, élu pour certains, ou, choisi pour d’autres....
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Miami Herald, April 7, 2011 By Nadege C. Green and Jaqueline Charles ncharles@miamiherald.com JACQUELINE CHARLES/ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF This two-story school building on a mountaintop is located in the rural village of Source Carossole. It is just outside the city of Leogane, the epicenter of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake. The school took...
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By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – It is time for the United Nations to transform its mission in Haiti, which needs engineers and bulldozers more than soldiers and tanks, outgoing Haitian President Rene Preval said on Wednesday. In his final speech at the United Nations as the country’s leader, Preval said that more...
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By Trenton Daniel, The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Too many foreign charities are working in Haiti without supervision and need to provide more information about their activities so the government can better manage earthquake reconstruction, the prime minister said Thursday. Foreign non-governmental organizations, which piled into Haiti after the devastating January 2010 quake,...
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La Nouvelliste: Après la proclamation des résultats préliminaires du scrutin, Mirlande Manigat a crié aux magouilles en pointant du doigt les responsables du CEP. L’OEA, par contre, rassure que les procès-verbaux écartés n’ont pas été comptabilisés et que le processus s’est déroulé dans la transparence. Elle apporte également des précisions sur les visites de...
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS—Haiti’s outgoing president criticized the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday for being too slow to switch its peacekeeping mission in the Western hemisphere’s poorest country from military operations to development and peacebuilding. In his last address to the council, Rene Preval urged the U.N.’s most powerful body...
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Le chanteur populaire Michel Martelly a remporté l’élection présidentielle en Haïti avec 67,57% des suffrages exprimés, selon les résultats préliminaires du Conseil électoral provisoire (CEP), ces résultats donnant lieu à des explosions de joie à Port-au-Prince. Michel Martelly, qui a remporté l’élection présidentielle en Haïti, a promis mardi l’avènement d’une “ère nouvelle” et s’est...
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An aide for Mirlande Manigat says she will not contest preliminary results that showed popular singer Michel Martelly defeating her by a 2-1 margin to become Haiti’s next president. By Allyn Gaestel, Los Angeles TimesApril 6, 2011 Reporting from Port-au-Prince, Haiti— Michel Martelly, the popular singer turned improbable candidate, was all but assured of...
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Former musician Michel ‘Sweet Micky’ Martelly, Haiti’s president-elect, says he’ll be looking out for the interest of all Haitians. By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@miamiherald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — With a tiny Haitian flag on the lapel of his gray pin-striped suit, Michel Martelly climbed onto the back tire of his waiting SUV and waved to the waiting...
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The defeated candidate in Haiti’s presidential election, Mirlande Manigat, has accused the electoral council of falsifying the results. Preliminary results gave Ms Manigat’s rival, Michel Martelly, a clear victory with more than 67% of the vote. The results are not yet final as legal complaints can be filed until 16 April. But correspondents say...
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