Haiti election 2006: Barbarism, primitivism, mob violence

Haiti election 2006: False hope, barbarism, primitivism, mob violence - February 13, 2006

Haitians line up to vote, at sunrise, several hours before polls would open late, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 7, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The aftermath of Haiti's elections, which returned former President Rene Preval to office, has been chaotic. But Haitian officials and international observers are reasonably upbeat, many citing the fact that Haiti has only had four elections in its bloody, 200-year history. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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A supporter of Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval with a campaign T-shirt covered by blood lays dead on a street in the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Preval supporters erected smoldering roadblocks across the capital and occupied a luxury hotel. At least one protester was killed, but U.N. peacekeepers denied witness accounts that they had shot him. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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The body of a killed supporter of Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval with a campaign T-shirt heavily stained in blood lays on a street at the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, while fellow demonstrators point to the body as U.N. peacekeepers drive past, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Protests erupted across the capital as vote counts showed that Preval may have fallen short of the 50 percent needed to win the presidency without a runoff election. The protesters allege the electoral commission is manipulating the vote count to prevent a first-round Preval victory. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval, right, arrives from his hometown of Marmelade to the U.N. base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Preval supporters erected smoldering roadblocks across the capital and occupied a luxury hotel, at least one protester was killed, but U.N. peacekeepers denied witness accounts that they had shot him. As Port-au-Prince descended into chaos, Preval returned to the capital for the first time since the election Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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A Guatemalan U.N. peacekeeper watches while angry supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval storm into the Hotel Montana, where election officials will announce results of Tuesday's elections in the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Protests erupted across the capital as vote counts showed that Preval may have fallen short of the 50 percent needed to win the presidency without a runoff election. The protesters allege the electoral commission is manipulating the vote count to prevent a first-round Preval victory. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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Supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval relax in a pool lounge bed after storming into the upscale Hotel Montana, in the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006, where election officials planned to announce results of the presidential elections. Protests erupted across the capital as vote counts showed that Preval may have fallen short of the 50 percent needed to win the presidency without a runoff election. The protesters allege the electoral commission is manipulating the vote count to prevent a first-round Preval victory. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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Guatemalan U.N. peacekeepers unsuccessfully try to stop angry supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval from entering the upscale Hotel Montana in the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006, where election officials will announce results of the presidential elections. Protests erupted across the capital as vote counts showed that Preval may have fallen short of the 50 percent needed to win the presidency without a runoff election. The protesters allege the electoral commission is manipulating the vote count to prevent a first-round Preval victory. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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Supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval demonstrate from the roof after storming into the upscale Hotel Montana, in the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006, where election officials will announce results of the presidential elections. Protests erupted across the capital as vote counts showed that Preval may have fallen short of the 50 percent needed to win the presidency without a runoff election. The protesters allege the electoral commission is manipulating the vote count to prevent a first-round Preval victory. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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A supporter of Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval, among fellow protesters, jumps backward into the pool of the Hotel Montana in the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006 after demonstrators stormed the upscale hotel where election officials will announce the results. Protests erupted across the capital as vote counts showed that Preval may have fallen short of the 50 percent needed to win the presidency without a runoff election. The protesters allege the electoral commission is manipulating the vote count to prevent a first-round Preval victory. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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A crowd of supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval frolick in the swimming pool of a hotel after they stormed through the front gate in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince. An eruption of gunfire left one person dead in Port-au-Prince, amid protests over the result of Haiti's presidential election.(AFP/Walter Astrada)

Hundreds of supporters of Haitian presidential front-runner Rene Preval run down Delmas road to join more protesters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Preval supporters erected roadblocks to demand he be declared the winner of Haiti's presidential elections as results showed his lead slipping further below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff, in the midst of accusations of vote count fraud. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

A Brazilian U.N. peacekeeper removes barbed wire to cross a roadblock with burning tires just outside the Cite-Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Supporters of Haitian presidential favorite Rene Preval erected roadblocks to demand he be declared the winner of Haiti's elections as results showed his lead slipping further below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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A supporter of Haitian presidential front-runner Rene Preval crosses a flaming tires roadblock just outside the Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Preval supporters erected roadblocks to demand he be declared the winner of Haiti's elections as results showed his lead slipping further below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Fellow protesters help a supporter of Haitian presidential front-runner Rene Preval after being hit in the head with an iron bar by an unidentified attacker at a roadblock in Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Preval supporters erected roadblocks to demand he be declared the winner of Haiti's elections as results showed his lead slipping further below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Haitian police officers prepare to take to a hospital a supporter of presidential front-runner Rene Preval after being hit in the head with an iron bar by an unidentified attacker at a roadblock in Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Preval supporters erected roadblocks to demand he be declared the winner of Haiti's elections as results showed his lead slipping further below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Fellow protesters help a supporter of Haitian presidential front-runner Rene Preval into a police truck after being hit in the head with an iron bar by an unidentified attacker at a roadblock in Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Preval supporters erected roadblocks to demand he be declared the winner of Haiti's elections as results showed his lead slipping further below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval, second right, listens to U.N. special envoy to Haiti Juan Gabriel Valdes, right, upon his arrival from his hometown of Marmelade to the U.N. base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Preval supporters erected smoldering roadblocks across the capital and occupied a luxury hotel, at least one protester was killed, but U.N. peacekeepers denied witness accounts that they had shot him. As Port-au-Prince descended into chaos, Preval returned to the capital for the first time since the election Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)