COHA is closely monitoring the repercussions of the recent release of the official results of Haiti’s November 28 presidential election. The U.S. State Department has expressed serious reservations about the election due to widespread irregularities and allegations of fraud. The …
Category Archive: Haiti
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Haiti’s Election Debacle
Expectations heading into Haiti’s elections on November 28 were modest at best. The country’s notoriously opaque Conseil Électoral Provisoire (CEP) once again excluded the country’s most influential political party, Fanmi Lavalas, from participating in elections, as well as a number …
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More Grim Days Ahead for Haiti
• CEP, State Department, and Granderson see to it that former President Aristide and his Lavalas Party are marginalized in the upcoming presidential race • Haitians’ involvement in their own election limited by international and regional bodies, as well as …
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The Haitian Cholera Outbreak: A Preventable Tragedy?
On October 21, a case of cholera was identified in Haiti for the first time in at least 50 years.1, 2 The disease spread rapidly through the Artibonite River basin, and by November 9, more than 580 people had died, …
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Wyclef Jean: A Campaign in Retrospect
After prolonging his failed campaign for a month after Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) ruled him ineligible to run for the presidency, Wyclef Jean has finally dropped his appeal, officially terminating his presidential bid on September 21st. Jean’s recent involvement …
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