The United States warned former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Wednesday not to come back to Haiti ahead of next month’s presidential election, saying his return would distract voters already beset by crippling poverty and last year’s devastating earthquake as they choose a new leader.
Let’s check in with Haiti, where the presidential-election process has grown massively complicated. Back in November, Haiti held a vote in which Mirlande Manigat, a constitutional scholar and former First Lady, finished first. It wasn’t immediately clear who came in second. The Haitian government, led by President René Préval, insisted that the candidate Jude Célestin was the runner-up, but an …
Ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide will try to return to Haiti in the coming days, his lawyer said Wednesday, even though Washington warned the move would only add to the turmoil in the Caribbean nation.
Several hundred protesters clashed with riot police in Haiti’s capital on Monday to demand that outgoing President Rene Preval leave office immediately as the country moved toward a deciding presidential run-off vote.
Haiti says it has issued former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide with a passport, paving the way for his return to the country after seven years in exile.
(02-07) 16:28 PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Rene Preval will stay in office for three more months as his country chooses a successor in a delayed election, his chief of staff said Monday. Chief of…
Around 200 protesters demanding that Haiti’s outgoing President Rene Preval leave office immediately set up burning barricades on Monday and threw stones at police and U.N. peacekeepers in the capital, witnesses said.
Haitian President Rene Preval’s election council finally issued first-round results that put his handpicked candidate, Jude Celestin, in third place, making Celestin ineligible for the March runoff vote
President René Préval of Haiti said Monday that he will extend his term until after a March 20 runoff to choose his successor.
The Haitian government said it has issued a new passport to former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, enabling him to end his exile in South Africa and return to Haiti, a government official said.