Haitians are being urged to go to the polls en masse Sunday to decide which of two presidential candidates is best capable of leading a fragile country as it struggles to recover from the hemisphere’s worst natural disaster, a deadly cholera epidemic and massive unemployment.
Also clouding the biggest vote in Haiti in a generation is Friday’s return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide after seven years of exile in South Africa. He has reminded Haitians that his Fanmi Lavalas political party was barred from the ballot. Still, he remains on the minds of potential voters.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/19/2124061/haitians-urged-to-vote-en-masse.html
Remember, it is not a democratic election if the most popular politician and the largest political party are banned from the election because foreign donors are afraid they might win.
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