People throw stones towards UN peacekeepers during protests following presidential elections in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
People throw stones towards UN peacekeepers during protests following presidential elections in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
Haitians ride past a burning barricade near posters of presidential and legislative candidates during protests following presidential elections in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
Haitians look at protestors standing near a burning barricade following presidential elections in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
Protesters clash with UN soldiers in Port-au-Prince in the wake of yesterday's release of preliminary election results for Haiti's countrywide elections. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
A protester drinks alcohol during demonstrations in Port au Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
A protester flees while UN peacekeepers advance near Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council headquarters in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
UN soldiers patrol near Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council headquarters in Petion Ville. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
Haitians confront UN peacekeepers during protests after the presidential elections in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
Haitians run to hide as they clash with UN peacekeepers near Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council headquarters in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
Brazilian UN soldiers patrol after protests in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
UN police officers remove barricades set up by protesters in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
UN peacekeepers regroup during clashes with residents near Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council headquarters in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
A woman overwhelmed by teargas released by UN troops is carried to a Red Cross clinic in Port-au-Prince as protesters clashed with troops in the wake of yesterday's release of preliminary election results for Haiti's countrywide elections. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
A Red Cross ambulance passes a barricade as they transport a man with symptoms of cholera in Port-au-Prince. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: Reuters
A supporter of presidential candidate Michel Martelly throws stones with a slingshot at UN peacekeepers during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. Photo: AP
Published Dec 9, 2010
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Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition. At least two people were killed in the violence, which appeared to dash international hopes that the UN-backed elections held on November could create a stable new leadership for Haiti as the impoverished nation struggles to recover from a devastating January earthquake.
Port-au-Prince descended into chaos as supporters of popular musician and presidential candidate Michel Martelly, who failed to qualify for an election run-off in results announced by electoral authorities, set up burning barricades of timber, boulders and flaming tires across the city.
