General News, 3rd prize
Moises Saman
Newsweek
Newsweek
13 February, 2006
René Préval supporters celebrate near the Presidential Palace as unofficial word of his victory spreads. Haitians went to the polls in February, for the first elections since President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in 2004. The elections passed relatively calmly, though some violence erupted over a long delay in announcing results, and after early reports indicated that favorite René Préval had not reached the 50% of poll needed to prevent a March run-off. Later it was declared that Préval, a former ally of President Aristide, had indeed won with 51.15% of votes.
Moises Saman
Moises Saman was born in 1974 in Lima, Peru, but spent most of his youth in Barcelona, Spain, after his family moved there. Moises studied communications and sociology in the Uni...
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