41. Call for International Community to Reject Haiti’s "Sham" Elections Widely Reported
(Matching tags: elections)

CEPR’s statement, citing Co-Director Mark Weisbrot’s calling for the international community to reject Haiti’s flawed elections, and describing the numerous irregularities that CEPR’s Alex Main witnessed ...

42. Growing International Concern Over Haiti's Flawed Elections as 15 Presidential Candidates Call for Annulment
(Matching tags: un, elections)

Official election observers from the OAS and CARICOM are staying quiet on their assessment on the elections, but others are beginning to express their concern over the numerous serious problems that affected ...

43. Is it Time for MINUSTAH to Wrap it Up?
(Matching tags: un, minustah, disease, elections)

At the UN General Assembly discussion on Haiti next Friday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in keeping with past practice, is likely to heap praise on MINUSTAH and the elections process. As we noted ...

44. Elections in the Time of Cholera, Part I
(Matching tags: disease, ngos, elections, red cross)

... the information below. Leading up to the elections on Sunday we will be posting updates and commentary from CEPR's Alex Main, who is in Haiti this week. The following is the first installment: It is ...

45. Are MINUSTAH's Voter Progress Claims Too Good to Be True?
(Matching tags: un, minustah, elections)

Bloomberg reports today: [MINUSTAH head Edmond] Mulet said 4.5 million Haitians have been registered to vote for president and for seats in the parliament, and that campaign rallies and caravans are ...

46. A Tale of Two Elections
(Matching tags: un, minustah, disease, elections, fanmi lavalas)

HRRW's own Dan Beeton writes in today's Los Angeles Times: Haiti is scheduled to hold elections on Nov. 28, and nothing — neither the cholera outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people nor the fact ...

47. Live-Blogging the Elections
(Matching tags: elections)

CEPR's Alex Main is in Haiti this week along with delegates from the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, TransAfrica Forum, and other organizations to observe events surrounding the elections, ...

48. In Response to Protests, MINUSTAH Disregards Legitimate Grievances
(Matching tags: minustah, elections, cholera)

... incidents were politically motivated, aimed at creating a climate of insecurity on the eve of elections,” the mission, known as MINUSTAH, said in a statement. “MINUSTAH calls the people to remain vigilant ...

49. Despite Everything, Haitian Government Continues to Move Ahead With Flawed Elections
(Matching tags: un, minustah, disease, elections, fanmi lavalas)

... (something which the UN continues to deny, while defensively claiming that the protests are “politically motivated”, “aimed at creating a climate of insecurity on the eve of the elections”), and despite ...

50. A Clarification (of sorts) from the Miami Herald on Haiti’s Elections
(Matching tags: elections, fanmi lavalas)

A few weeks ago, the Miami Herald’s Jacqueline Charles wrote: there are at least six Lavalas candidates in the presidential race, including former Aristide Prime Minister Yvon Neptune and Minister of ...