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From pop star to president? Haiti looks set to elect ‘Sweet Micky.

By Bill Sasser, Correspondent / March 20, 2011 CSM: Port-au-Prince, Haiti During a carnival this month in the southern Haitian city of Jacmel, ra-ra bands and…

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Haiti votes for new president in runoff election

By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times:Early voting is calm in Haiti’s capital as officials try to prevent the fraud and confusion that characterized the first…

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Communiqué de Presse # 87 CEP Press release

NOTE RECTIFICATIVE AU COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE # 83 http://www.cephaiti2010.org/ Le Conseil Électoral Provisoire informe que suite à la demande des Partis Politiques concernés par le…

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A look at Haiti’s presidential election-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By The Associated Press (CP) A look at Sunday’s elections in Haiti: ___ WHAT’S AT STAKE: Voters are choosing one of two candidates in the…

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In Crisis and Confusion, Haiti Votes for New Leader

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD Published: March 20, 2011 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian voters went to the polls Sunday to choose as their new president either…

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Haitians urged to vote en masse in Sunday’s presidential election-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

The international community calls on Haitians to vote en masse to decide future in Sunday’s critical presidential and legislative elections. By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@Miamiherald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE…

Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption Elections

Wyclef Jean Shot in Hand in Haiti-UPDATED 3-20-Vanel Lacroix, police chief in Petionville where Jean is staying, said police had confirmed that he had suffered only a minor cut to his hand from glass in an apparent accident.

UPDATED 3-20 Vanel Lacroix, police chief in Petionville where Jean is staying, said police had confirmed that he had suffered only a minor cut to…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

MARTELLY CONTROLS THE ARTIBONITE MASSIVE CROWDS GREET CANDIDATE AT SERIES OF FINAL RALLIES: MARTELLY’S TENS OF THOUSANDS AGAINST MANIGATS HUNDREDS OR SOMETIMES THOUSANDS – MARTELLY POLLS 70% TO A MANIGAT 16.5% WITH THE REST UNDECIDED

March 18, 2011 Michel Martelly swept through the Artibonite in a series of massive rallies attended by tens of thousands , showing the Aristide phenomena…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

Warden Message No. 147 March 20 Election Sunday Preparations and Travel

The U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince issued the following Warden Message on March 18, 2011: The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is issuing this Warden Message to…

Posted in Aristide/Preval DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Jean Bertrand Aristide’s Speech on arrival to Port-au-Prince

Aristide Returning Speech In Haiti 3/18/2011 Uploaded to YOUTUBE by TICLAUDE on Mar 18, 2011

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Aristide returns to celebrity welcome in Haiti

By BEN FOX and TRENTON DANIEL, Associated Press Ben Fox And Trenton Daniel, Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned home…

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Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns to Haiti, days before presidential election

By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times: Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide throws a combustible new element into Haiti’s national elections scheduled for Sunday as he returns…

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Aristide Back in Haiti

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD new york times PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former priest who rose to become the nation’s first democratically elected president…

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To little too late: Obama has ‘deep concerns’ over Aristide return

Associated Press, 03.17.11, 10:12 AM EDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A White House spokesman says President Obama has personally weighed in on the apparently imminent return…

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BREAKING: Jean-Bertrande Aristide is in-Flight for Port-au-Prince

By Mac McKinney: Despite ongoing efforts by the White House and State Department to obstruct his return, exiled former president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, overthrown…

Posted in Aristide/Preval DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

ARISTIDE IS ON THE GROUND IN HAITI: JUST ARRIVED AT AIRPORT AND IS GIVING SPEECH 0915 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 18, 2011

ARISTIDE IS ON THE GROUND IN HAITI: JUST ARRIVED AT AIRPORT AND IS GIVING SPEECH  0915 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 18, 2011

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Aristide set for triumphant return to Haiti

Kenneth Kidd Feature Writer THE STAR PORT-AU-PRINCE—Twice-ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is finally poised to touch down on his native soil Friday after seven years in…

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Researchers predict high 2011 cholera toll in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Robert Roos * News Editor Mar 17, 2011 (CIDRAP News) – US researchers are predicting on the basis of mathematical modeling that Haiti could have…

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200,000 ALREADY IN CHAMPS DES MARS WAITING FOR TONIGHT’S MARTELLY CONCERT POLICE EXPECT 500,000 OR MORE BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS

1700 hours March 17, 2011 In a massive indication of Michel Martelly’s support, several hundred thousand are already gathered in an area in front of…

Posted in Aristide/Preval FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Declaring the “great day has arrived,” Haiti’s Jean-Bertrand Aristide

By DONNA BRYSON and MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press Donna Bryson And Michelle Faul, Associated Press – JOHANNESBURG – Declaring the “great day has arrived,” Haiti’s…