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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Oct 13, 2015
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• Category : General News
• Description : The Wall Street Journal
  
  By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY
  Oct. 11, 2015 6:00 p.m. ET
  
  The World Bank fingers cronyism, of which Bill Clinton was for years a symbol.
  
  Photo: Secretary of State John Kerry and Haitian President Michel Martelly in Puerto Principe, Haiti, Oct. 6. PHOTO: JEAN JACQUES AGUSTIN/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
• Location : Haiti
• Website : http://www.wsj.com/articles/diagnosing-what-ails-haitis-economy-1444600832

Overview

• U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a stop in Haiti last week to lend support to the country’s Oct. 25 presidential and second-round parliamentary elections. Amid allegations by some opposition members that the preparations have not been impartial, and calls to cancel the vote, Mr. Kerry urged Haitians to “come together” to make the election a success.
  
  U.S. officialdom is perturbed by the violence and low voter turnout—a measly 18%—in Haiti’s first-round parliamentary election in August. It’s worried that Haitians again will stay home on presidential election day, further undermining the legitimacy of the country’s frail institutions.
  
  Mr. Kerry might have contributed more by reflecting on why Haitians have become so cynical about casting ballots, and what role U.S. policy has played in their disillusionment.
  
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