In Haiti, several thousand people staged a protest Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the US-backed coup that led to the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The protest came days after the Haitian government barred members of Aristide’s Lavalas party from running in the upcoming Senate elections.

Jacques Mathelier: “We are here so the rights of the majority of the population will be respected. The people cannot eat. They only have battery acid to live on. Also, there can be no election without the participation of the Lavalas party. And five years after the kidnapping of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the people’s dream is to ask for his return.”