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Caribbean & Central America - April 2006 (ISSN 1741-4458)
HAITI: Poor turnout exposes Préval to hostile opposition
President-elect René Préval will take office on 14 May, assuming the provisional electoral council (CEP) manages to count the ballots cast in the second round of legislative elections on 21 April on time so that there is a sitting congress to conduct the inauguration ceremony.
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