Reuters: Haiti's mood grim as president leaves with no replacement, Carnival delayed
Michel Martelly stepped down as Haitian president on Sunday, leaving a deeply divided country in the hands of a disputed interim government, while the first day of Carnival celebrations was canceled as violent protests erupted.
The mood was grim on what should have been a festive day that would have marked a newly elected president, as well as the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship and the start of the Caribbean country's Carnival.
Riot police clashed with protesters and Martelly handed back the presidential sash without anyone to succeed him.
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