Élections en Haïti 2006 / Haitian Elections 2006
David Sperry
VERSION FRANCAISE: lire plus bas (cliquer le texte et faites le défiler avec votre souris) As a country known for its political instability, gang-warfare, kidnappings, widespread poverty and frequent coups, few had high hopes for the Haitian Elections in February of 2006. Originally scheduled for October 2005 the elections were postponed four times before being realized. Contrary to popular speculation everything went forward with no major violence or disruption despite initial setbacks in regard to the polling stations opening in the morning. One week later, even with the massive participation of the public and the announced victory of René Garcia Preval, tension and uncertainty still lingers in the air. Preval is the only man to have ever completed a full Presidential term in Haiti with a peaceful handover of power since the creation of the Republic in 1804. His victory carries a fragile hope to many Haitians of a more stable future. TEXTE FR/ Pays marqué par une grande instabilité politique et de nombreux coups d'état, par les inégalités sociales, les guerres de gangs, la corruption, les meurtres et les enlèvements, l'espoir d'élections justes et pacifiques en Haïti était des plus ténu. Prévu pour octobre 2005 le scrutin a été ajourné à 4 reprises pour se tenir finalement le 7 février 2006. Une semaine plus tard, malgré une participation massive et la victoire annoncée de René Garcia Preval, la tension et l'incertitude ne sont toujours pas retombées.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219194 Rally outside the closest voting station to Cite Solei on the day of the elections in Port-Au-Prince.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219166 Preval supporter passes on a tree branch, symbol of the Lespwa party.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219167 UN patrol driving past Haitians waiting in line to vote on election day.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219168 Haitian boy selling snacks outside the voting station closest to Cite Soleil on the day of the elections.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219169 Haitians chanting and waiving voter ID cards in the air demanding access to the voting station.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219170 MINUSTAH soldier watching over the crowd of would-be voters outside the closest voting station to Cite Solei on the day of the elections.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219171 Waiting to vote outside the closest voting station to Cite Solei on the day of the elections..
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219173 MINUSTAH soldier threatening Haitian man with a gas canister outside the closest voting station to Cite Solei on the day of the elections. With the polls opening over four hours late the crowd grew restless.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219174 MINUSTAH soldiers outside the voting station closest to Cite Soleil on the day of the elections.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219175 Inside the closet voting station to Cite Solei on the day of the elections in Port-Au-Prince.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219177 Woman voting behind folded cardboard at the closet voting station to Cite Solei on the day of the elections in Port-Au-Prince.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219179 Haitian woman placing the sheets of paper containing the chosen candidates inside of the ballot boxes at closet voting station to Cite Solei on the day of the elections.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219180 Haitian man playing a home made drum during a pro-Preval demonstration. After waiting over four hours for the voting stations to open the local residents took to the streets.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219181 Haitian woman holding up cards with her favored politicians pictured on the front, Preval and Aristide.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219182 Haitian boy hiding behing a Preval flyer on the day of the elections in Port-Au-Prince.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219183 Haitian men playing home-made horns and drums during a pro-Preval demonstration in Bel Air on the day of the elections in Port-Au-Prince.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219176 Preval supporter screams while holding a tree branch, symbol of the Lespwa party.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219185 Although more than half of the Haitians registered to vote cast their ballot on February 7th 2006, many feared that the situation would be unsafe and decided to stay at home.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219186 Man arrested in back of pick up truck being guarded by masked Haitian police outside a voting station on Delmas.
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David Sperry / Picturetank SPD0219187 Child playing in destroyed police vehicle on the day of the elections in Port-Au-Prince.
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