Tense Haiti awaits results of turbulent elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti is bracing for results on Tuesday of its troubled elections, which have generated fraud charges, protests and sporadic violence and are widely expected to go to a deciding second round in January. More than a week after the U.N.-backed November 28 presidential and legislative vote was held amid scenes of confusion at some polling stations, the Caribbean country's Provisional Electoral Council is due to announce the preliminary officials results. Out of an original field of 18 candidates, the presidential contest is seen by pundits as a three-horse race between opposition matriarch and former first lady Mirlande Manigat, popular musician Michel…
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Tense Haiti awaits results of turbulent elections
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