Prometheus 6

Aristede won a Democratic election and was chased out of office by thugs using weapons that cost more than your average Haitian's annual salary.

If Préval won this election (as is likely, because there will always be more poor folks than there are "elites") the unrest that chased Aristede into those American helicopters will look more shady than ever. And I suspect those well armed thugs would return.

Candidate of Haiti's Poor Leads in Early Tally With 61% of Vote
By GINGER THOMPSON

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 9 — Unofficial electoral results that had been carried in by mules, trucks and helicopters from polling centers across the country appeared Thursday to give an early lead to René Préval, a former president considered a champion of the poor masses and a thorn in the side of the elite.