Haitian Presidential Candidate To Raise Funds In Miami
MIAMI (CBS4) - A 70-year old law professor who wants to be Haiti's next president is in Miami to rally support and campaign funds.
Mirlande Manigat will visit a church in Little Haiti on Sunday to talk about her plans the country.
In last November's elections, Manigat led a field of 19 presidential candidates but fell short of the 50 percent of the vote needed to win. She now faces 50-year-old former singer Michel "Sweet Mickey" Martelly in a runoff election March 20.
Both candidates have sought financial and political support from the roughly 800,000 Haitians living in the U.S. They can't vote, but they send home more than a billion dollars a year.
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