Over 2,000 people in Haiti were protesting over the recent elections. They claim that the elections were fraud and unfair. They marched in protest in Haiti’s capitol. As they marched, demonstrators drew red cards demanding the impeachment of their current president along with his protégé, who is a candidate. A red card comes from the game of soccer, when a referee pulls a red card on the player they then must exit the game. The march was being heavily monitored by the riot police. There was no serious violence in the march. The march was being led by candidates who thought that the outcome of the votes was changed by the current presidential government so that the president’s protégé would come out on top. Not only was there an uproar over the presidential votes, but an epidemic has been going on as well killing dozens of Haitians each day. They are also still getting over the January 12 earthquake, which ultimately destroyed most of Haiti itself, taking the lives of over 250,000 people. The United Nations have seen this protest as less violent than past electoral forms of protest. Them, along with international monitors haven stated that the polls are generally acceptable. I think that if Haiti has a history with violence towards the electoral votes then something isn’t going right. Something obviously is causing them to have little trust in their government. There has to be major problems with their government, whether it’s due to a president or not, for them to constantly rely on such violence. They should look back and analyze their government’s recent history and relationship with the people.  

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