United State Secretary of State Condolezza Rice, Haiti and
democracy - September 27, 2005 |
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| Secretary of State, Condolezza Rice (R), listens to Haiti's Prime Minister, Gerard
Latotue, speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, September 27, 2005. Rice is in Haiti for a one-day visit aimed at showing U.S,
support for November elections in the violent, poor Caribbean country. Reuters/Eduardo
Munoz |
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| U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Interim Prime Minister Gerard
Latortue walk into the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005.
Rice is visiting Haiti for one day to show support for presidential elections set for Nov.
20 and to meet with Haiti's interim government leaders and representatives of the United
Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti (MINUSTAH).(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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| US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) meets with Haitian Prime Minister Gerard
Latortue in Port-au-Prince. Rice told Haiti's government to allow more candidates to stand
in November 20 presidential elections in which 22 hopefuls have been ruled
ineligible.(AFP/Thony Belizaire) |
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| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,left,and Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue
smile before they started the press conference at the Presidential Palace in
Port-au-Prince,Haiti,Tuesday, Sept.27, 2005. Rice is visiting Haiti for one day to show
support for presidential elections set for Nov. 20 and to meet with Haiti's interim
government leaders and representatives of the United Nations Stabilization Mission In
Haiti (MINUSTAH).(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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| U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, and Interim Prime
Minister Gerard Latortue talk for a moment during a news conference at the presidental
palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday,Sept.27,2005. Rice is visiting Haiti for one day
to show support for presidential elections set for Nov. 20 and to meet with Haiti's
interim government leaders and representatives of the United Nations Stabilization Mission
In Haiti (MINUSTAH).(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
| US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) meets with Haitian Prime Minister Gerard
Latortue in Port-au-Prince. Rice told Haiti's government to allow more candidates to stand
in November 20 presidential elections in which 22 hopefuls have been ruled
ineligible.(AFP/Thony Belizaire) |
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| U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, and Interim Prime Minister Gerard
Latortue talk for a moment during a news conference at the presidental palace in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday,Sept.27,2005. Rice is visiting Haiti for one day to show
support for presidential elections set for Nov. 20 and to meet with Haiti's interim
government leaders and representatives of the United Nations Stabilization Mission In
Haiti (MINUSTAH).(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a press conference at
the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday,Sept.27, 2005. Rice is visiting
Haiti for one day to show support for presidential elections set for Nov. 20 and to meet
with Haiti's interim government leaders and representatives of the United Nations
Stabilization Mission In Haiti (MINUSTAH). (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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| Jordanian UN peacekeepers stand guard near the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince
during the visit of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice told Haiti's government
to allow more candidates to stand in November 20 presidential elections in which 22
hopefuls have been ruled ineligible.(AFP/Thony Belizaire) |
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| DIABOLICAL TYRANT, PARIAH - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Haiti in a
show of support ahead of elections in the troubled, impoverished Caribbean nation.
Aristide, seen here in 2004, said in April that he would not run in the presidential
election and the US official said that Aristide, who is now in exile in South Africa,
would not be a 'significant player' in the election.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire) |
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| Supporters of rejected presidential candidate Luc Fleurinor of the
Independent Movement for National Reconciliation protest in front of the electoral
council's headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Sept.26, 2005. Fleurinor was
rejected and was not included on a list of 32 candidates approved by electoral authorities
to run in the Nov. 20 elections, the country's first election since the ouster of
Jean-Bertrand Aristide following a violent rebellion in Feb. 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana
Cubillos) |
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| Wealthy U.S. businessman Dumarsais Simeus speaks during a press
conference at the Montana Hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 24 ,2005. Simeus
whose bid to run for president of Haiti was rejected and was not included on a list of 32
candidates approved by electoral authorities to run in the Nov. 20 elections, defiantly
pledged Saturday to fight for a spot on the ballot in his native country's first election
since the ouster of Jean-Bertrand Aristide following a violent rebellion in February 2004.
Dumarsais said he will do 'everything possible,' including filing a legal challenge if
necessary, to overturn the Provisional Electoral Council's decision to strike his name
from the list of presidential candidates in the Nov. 20 election.(AP Photo/Ariana
Cubillos) |
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| ALLEGE TERRORIST, PARIAH IN CATHOLIC VESTMENT - Bill Quigley lawyer of
Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste, center, speaks during a news conference at the St Claire Catholic
church in the neighborhood of Cazeau in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005.
Rev.Gerard Jean-Juste, who was suspended from his religious duties for his political
activities, appealed Wednesday to church authorities to reverse a punishment that
supporters claim was intended to halt his growing influence in the Western Hemisphere's
poorest nation. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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