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Officials dropped the government-backed candidate from a presidential runoff on Thursday, ending a standoff with the United States and other foreign powers over a first round of voting marred by fraud and disorganization.
Haitian electoral officials on Thursday dropped a government-backed candidate from the upcoming presidential runoff, ending a standoff with the U.S. and other international supporters over the results of a first-round of voting that was marred by fraud and disorganization.
The U.S. has no plans to halt aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti in spite of a crisis over who will be the nation's next leader but does insist that the president's chosen successor be dropped from the race, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.
A regional group of international monitors Thursday gave Haiti's government long-awaited recommendations on how to resolve its disputed presidential election, one day after the first anniversary of a massive earthquake devastated this beleaguered island nation.
A popular singer-turned-presidential candidate whose apparent loss in Haiti's flawed election helped spark days of rioting called Tuesday for the electoral commission to be replaced and the vote redone with all the original candidates involved.
The headquarters of Haiti's ruling party was set ablaze Wednesday as riots grew over disputed presidential election results.
The United Nations on Monday counseled against violence after Haiti's electoral council refused demands by almost all of the major presidential candidates to throw out Sunday's election results because of fraud allegations as many voters were turned away from the polls.
Anti-U.N. rioting fueled by cholera fears scaled down in northern Haiti on Wednesday following official calls for calm, but several hundred demonstrators took to the streets of the capital to denounce the government.
The campaign rally is charging down the street, drums beating, hot-pink signs waving. People mob the candidate, trying to grab a piece of his hand or touch his bald head, his smile a half-moon shining in the dusty afternoon light.
The campaign rally is charging down the street, drums beating, hot-pink signs waving. People mob the candidate, trying to grab a piece of his hand or touch his bald head, his smile a half-moon shining in the dusty afternoon light.
Singer Wyclef Jean's high-profile bid for Haiti's presidency ended after election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation disqualified his candidacy.
Singer Wyclef Jean's high-profile bid for Haiti's presidency ended after election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation disqualified his candidacy.
Haiti's electoral commission said Friday that hip hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president of this Caribbean nation, ending his outsider's bid to lead a country struggling to recover from the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Mr. Celestin claims a fair count of the existing vote would have given him a first-round victory and is filing a legal challenge.
"I always used to sing about rice and beans, but none of you listened," he said, an image of his own face beaming from his T-shirt. "You were all too busy grinding to the music!"
