With the official results to be announced April 16, indications are that entertainer Michel Martelly has won the contest for the presidency of Haiti. His route to office was circuitous and calls into question the validity of his mandate. The first round of elections Nov. 28 produced as first and second finishers Mirlande Manigat, wife of a previous president, and Jude Celestin, the choice of the party of current President Rene…
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Haiti’s hopes: An unusual president is elected at a time of misery