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LatinNews Daily - 05 May 2016

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Haiti: On 28 April Haiti Special Coordinator and US Deputy Assistant Secretary Kenneth Merten travelled to Haiti. According to a US State Department press release, the aim of Merten’s visit was “to assess progress toward the completion of the 2015 electoral process and the installation of a democratically elected government in Haiti”. During his stay Merten is due to “meet with Haitian government officials involved in the implementation of the February 5 accord [signed by former president Michel Martelly (2011-2016) and the heads of congress ahead of Martelly’s departure on 7 February] and with international community partners of Haiti”. Merten visits the country, which is currently run by a caretaker government led by Jocelerme Privert amid an electoral crisis caused by the failure to stage delayed presidential and partial legislative run-off elections. These were last due to take place on 24 April, as per the 5 February accord which also set 14 May as the date for the new president to be installed. But Haiti’s provisional electoral council (CEP) had made it clear that meeting that deadline was impossible. In remarks to US media published on 17 April US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed US frustration with the delay in holding the elections, saying that, “The Haitian players, the so-called leaders, need to understand there’s a clear limit to the patience, the willingness of the international community to condone this process of delay”.

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