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Essay: Looking for Leaders on a Day of Chaos in Haiti

"As soon as you think you understand Haiti, that's the moment you can be sure you don't understand anything." PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Nov. 29) -- That Haitian proverb never seemed more true than today. There is so much to understand here, and so little to know. Most of the 19 candidates running for president came...

Colorful Haitian's Campaign Is in the Pink

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Nov. 27) -- The back of Michel Martelly's presidential campaign truck is speckled with pink paint. And not just pink. It's bubble-gum pink. His posters are Barbie pink. Maybe even Victoria's Secret pink. Like everyone else's posters, they are glued corner to corner across the country, and here, in...

Wyclef for President! But Is He Even Eligible for the Job?

(Aug. 5) -- So you want to know if Wyclef Jean will be the next president of half of a Caribbean island that was devastated by an earthquake earlier this year. It's a question a lot of people will soon be asking. But it also gets ahead of things. The better question is: Is he even eligible? Let's go to Article 135 (e) of...

Background on haitian president

The 2006 elections in Haiti, to replace the interim government of Gérard Latortue put in place after the 2004 Haiti rebellion, were delayed four times after having been originally scheduled for October and November 2005. The elections finally took place on February 7, 2006, with turnout of around 60%.

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