"BIG SETBACK" FOR HAITIAN DEMOCRACY AS U.S. GETS ITS WAY; Forces Runoff Elections between Two Right-Wing Candidates, CEPR Co-Director Says http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/cepr030211.html

"What a disgrace this is to the United States government: the richest country in the world has forced one of the poorest to change the results of its presidential election, literally under the threat of starvation," Weisbrot said."Now two right-wing candidates, who received votes from around 6.4 and 4.5 percent of registered voters, respectively, will compete for the presidency, in another farcical 'election.' This is a big setback for democracy in Haiti. Far from fixing the problems with the first elections, this is simply an attempt to impose an illegitimate government on Haiti, and it will backfire," Weisbrot criticized.