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April 5, 2011

Michel Martelly Wins Haiti Presidential Election 
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The former carnival singer Michel Martelly has won a landslide victory
in Haiti's controversial presidential run-off election. Haiti's
Provisional Electoral Council says Martelly won 68 percent of the vote
easily beating former first lady Mirlande Manigat. The election was
marred with problems. About three-quarters of Haitians did not cast
votes in the election. Candidates from Haiti's most popular political
party, Fanmi Lavalas, were banned from running. Martelly was included on
the run-off ballot only after the United States and other nations
pressured Haiti to include him.



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