Haiti Electoral Council will recount preliminary election results

Protests of the election started on the day of the election as polling places were closing.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Mrs. Mirlande Manigat called for an independent evaluation of the votes. She stated that preliminary results allocated to her do not correspond to reality. Michel Martelly urged his supporters to protest the results of the election nonviolently. Martelly stated: "Demonstrating without violence is the right of the people. I will be with you until the bald-head victory"

American Airlines, as a precaution, continues to suspend all flights in destination of Haiti.

No one knows if the decision of the Electoral Council to recount the votes would calm the Haitian protesters. On Thursday, streets remained barricaded and some protests were still taking place in several regions of the country

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