Dark past hovers over some Haiti presidential hopefuls
The leader of a bloody rebellion that toppled the last democratically elected government, a weapons dealer, an army chief and an accused killer linked to the Duvalier dictatorship are among the people whose presidential campaigns have angered rights workers. The candidacy of Guy Philippe, a former police commissioner who led the rag-tag band of soldiers and gang members who ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide two years ago, and others with questionable histories worries activists in a country terrorized in the recent past. Full Story