Five years ago, René Préval did something no president in Haitian history had done: He finished his full term, left the National Palace and moved to the countryside to live in solitude, far from the political maelstrom of Port-au-Prince. Now the 63-year-old agronomist — whose term in office brought a rare spell of stability and some social progress, but paved the way for the chaos that followed — is the man to beat in elections scheduled for Feb. 7. Full Story