Marc Weisbrot: Haiti Must Decide Haiti’s Future

Weisbrot in The Guardian ..

So far, the international community does not appear to be much concerned about establishing a legitimate government. [Aristide’s party] Fanmi Lavalas was arbitrarily excluded from the first round (Nov. 28) of Haiti’s presidential election, in which a record three-quarters of the electorate did not vote. Then Washington and its allies forced the government to change the results of the first round of the election, eliminating the government candidate and leaving only two right-wing candidates in the race

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