Haiti's presidential candidates (L-R) Jean Chavannes Jeune, Leslie Voltaire, Mirlande Manigat, Michel Martelly, Charles-Henri Baker, Jean Henry Ceant, Jacques-Edouard Alexis, Garaudy Laguerre, Anne Marie Josette Bijou, Eric Smarcki Chales,Leon Cristalin and Wilson Jeudy take part at a news conference in Port-au-Prince November 28, 2010. Haiti's elections ended in confusion n Sunday as 12 of the 18 presidential candidates denounced "massive fraud" and called for cancellation of the results as street protests erupted over voting irregularities. REUTERS/Kena Betancur (HAITI - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Reporters stand in front of a poster of Haitian presidential candidate Jacques-Edouard Alexis during his news conference in downtown Port-au-Prince November 22, 2010. A raging cholera epidemic in Haiti may deter some voters from participating in Sunday's national elections, but postponing or canceling the polls could threaten stability in the Caribbean country, the European Union's envoy said on Monday. REUTERS/Allison Shelley (HAITI - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Haitian presidential candidate Jacques-Edouard Alexis (L) gestures during a news conference in downtown Port-au-Prince November 22, 2010. A raging cholera epidemic in Haiti may deter some voters from participating in Sunday's national elections, but postponing or canceling the polls could threaten stability in the Caribbean country, the European Union's envoy said on Monday. REUTERS/Allison Shelley (HAITI - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Haitian presidential candidate Jacques-Edouard Alexis smiles after a news conference in downtown Port-au-Prince November 22, 2010. A raging cholera epidemic in Haiti may deter some voters from participating in Sunday's national elections, but postponing or canceling the polls could threaten stability in the Caribbean country, the European Union's envoy said on Monday. REUTERS/Allison Shelley (HAITI - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Haiti's former prime minister Jacques Edouard Alexis (L) and U.N. envoy to Haiti Hedi Annabi arrive to the military ceremony for the Nigerian U.N. peacekeeper who was killed on Saturday, at the Argentinian U.N. Hospital in Port-au-Prince April 18, 2008. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's former Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis (L) and U.N. envoy to Haiti Hedi Annabi place a wreath on the coffin of a Nigerian peacekeeper killed last week, during a military ceremony at the Argentinian U.N. Hospital in Port-au-Prince April 18, 2008. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's residents shout slogans against Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis next to th parliament in Port-au-Prince April 12, 2008. The Haitian Senate on Saturday fired the impoverished country's prime minister after a week of violent food riots and ignored an emergency plan announced by President Rene Preval to slash the cost of rice. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's residents shout slogans against Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis next to parliament in Port-au-Prince April 12, 2008. The Haitian Senate on Saturday fired the impoverished country's prime minister after a week of violent food riots and ignored an emergency plan announced by President Rene Preval to slash the cost of rice. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis leaves parliament a special session with senators in Port-au-Prince April 12, 2008. The Haitian Senate on Saturday fired the impoverished country's prime minister after a week of violent food riots and ignored an emergency plan announced by President Rene Preval to slash the cost of rice. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis talks to senators in parliament in Port-au-Prince April 12, 2008. The Haitian Senate on Saturday fired the impoverished country's prime minister after a week of violent food riots and ignored an emergency plan announced by President Rene Preval to slash the cost of rice. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis is seen on a camera screen as he talks to senators in parliament in Port-au-Prince April 12, 2008. The Haitian Senate on Saturday fired the impoverished country's prime minister after a week of violent food riots and ignored an emergency plan announced by President Rene Preval to slash the cost of rice. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's senators vote against Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis in parliament in Port-au-Prince April 12, 2008. The Haitian Senate on Saturday fired the impoverished country's prime minister after a week of violent food riots and ignored an emergency plan announced by President Rene Preval to slash the cost of rice. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis leaves parliament after a special session by senators in Port-au-Prince April 12, 2008. The Haitian Senate on Saturday fired the impoverished country's prime minister after a week of violent food riots and ignored an emergency plan announced by President Rene Preval to slash the cost of rice. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) shakes hands with Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis at the beginning of their meeting in the Secretary's Outer Office at the State Department in Washington March 27, 2008. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES) 

A supporter of Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis shouts slogans against the rising cost of living in front of the national parliament in Port-au-Prince February 28, 2008. The prime minister was summoned by parliament to respond to concerns about the administration's economic record during the last two years, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Supporters of Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis shout slogans against the rising cost of living in front of the national parliament in Port-au-Prince February 28, 2008. The prime minister was summoned by parliament to respond to concerns about the administration's economic record during the last two years, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Supporters of Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis shout slogans against the rising cost of living as they show a photo of former South African President Nelson Mandela and former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in front of the national parliament in Port-au-Prince February 28, 2008. The prime minister was summoned by parliament to respond to concerns about the administration's economic record during the last two years, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis speaks to deputies in the national parliament in Port-au-Prince February 28, 2008. The prime minister was summoned by parliament to respond to concerns about the administration's economic record during the last two years, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Supporters of Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis shout slogans against the rising cost of living in front of the national parliament in Port-au-Prince February 28, 2008. The prime minister was summoned by parliament to respond to concerns about the administration's economic record during the last two years, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Supporters of Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis shout slogans against the rising cost of living in front of the national parliament in Port-au-Prince February 28, 2008. The prime minister was summoned by parliament to respond to concerns about the administration's economic record during the last two years, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Chile's Defense Minister Jose Goni Carrasco (L) shakes hands with Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis during a news conference at the national palace in Port-au-Prince September 4, 2007. Latin American defense ministers held a meeting in the Caribbean nation where they discussed the future of the U.N. peacekeeping mission for the next year. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis listens to a question during a news conference in Madrid November 30, 2006. Security is improving in Haiti but Latin America's poorest country still needs more police and training rather than foreign soldiers trying to establish peace, Alexis said. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN) 

Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis of Haiti answers a question during a news conference in Madrid, November 30, 2006. Security is improving in Haiti but Latin America's poorest country still needs more police and training rather than foreign soldiers trying to establish peace, Alexis said. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN) 

Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis of Haiti answers a question during a news conference in Madrid, November 30, 2006. Security is improving in Haiti but Latin America's poorest country still needs more police and training rather than foreign soldiers trying to establish peace, Alexis said. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN) 

Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis of Haiti arrives for a news conference in Madrid, November 30, 2006. Security is improving in Haiti but Latin America's poorest country still needs more police and training rather than foreign soldiers trying to establish peace, Alexis said. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN) 

Haiti's Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis (2nd L) shakes hands with guests after a ceremony for the new parliament at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince June 9, 2006. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) 

Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis (sitting), surrounded by security, attends the funerals June 12, of eleven youths killed by police two weeks ago in a Port-au-Prince shantytown. Police claimed the men where gang members who opened fire on police and died in a shoot-out. Relatives and witnesses said the victims were innocent and had been shot to death in cold blood. Mourners and agitators later forced Alexis and Justice Minister Camille Leblanc to flee out the back of the church.

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(From L to R) Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, Minister of Commerce Gerald Germain, Gabriel Ballestas (from Colombia), representing the Colombian cement company Colclincker, and Carlos Gutierrez-Marcel, for the Swiss company Umar-Holderbank, sign the agreement privatizing Haiti's National Cement Company, in Port-au-Prince, May 7. The three-company consortium formed with Colclincker, Haiti's Cement Company and Umar-Holderbank - bought 65 percent of the cement company for $15.6 million.

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- FILE PHOTO MAR99 - New Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis speaks during an interview with Reuters in Port-au-Prince. [Alexis's choice as Prime Minister was ratified by the Parliament in December and he was installed with his cabinet in a ceremony at the National Palace March 26.] 

FILE PHOTO MAR99 - New Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis speaks during an interview with Reuters in Port-au-Prince. Alexis's choice as Prime Minister was ratified by the Parliament in December and he was installed with his cabinet in a ceremony at the National Palace March 26.

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(From L to R) Artist and Haiti's Ambassador to UNESCO Etzer Charles, Senegalese painter Diagne Chanel, UNESCO's Under Director General Daniel Janicot, Haitian Minister of Culture and Education (and designated Prime Minister) Jacques Edouard Alexis and Haitian painter Edouard Duval-Carrie gather in front of the fresco depicting the slave trade during the opening ceremony of the exhibit "Human Rights" at the Museum of Haitian Art in Port-au-Prince, August 22. Chanel and Duval-Carrie are two of the four painters who made the painting in the context of UNESCO's commemoration of the abolition of slavery.

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