OAS chief urges Haiti to speed up election preparations

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August 19, 2026

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The head of the Organization of American States (OAS) urged Haitian authorities on Wednesday to speed up voter registration ahead of upcoming elections, the first in a decade.

The first round of voting is scheduled for mid-December in the impoverished Caribbean nation, which has been ravaged by gang violence that has displaced over a million people.

“The registration of voters needs to be accelerated, needs to be intensified,” OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin told a news conference in Port-au-Prince at the end of a three-day visit, noting that more than 1 million people have been displaced.

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