Legal investigation into brutal 15-year rule stalls while Amnesty International report says the former dictator lives in luxury.
Michel Martelly, a charismatic singer with no government experience, was sworn in as Haiti’s president on Saturday.
Michel Martelly faces a mammoth task after he is sworn as Haiti’s new president on Saturday, inheriting a shattered Caribbean nation.
Michel Martelly, a shaven-headed singer and political outsider, won Haiti’s presidential election in a landslide victory.
Partial results suggested Monday that carnival singer Michel Martelly was on course for a landslide win in Haiti’s presidential run-off election.
Haiti won plaudits for holding a calm and relatively peaceful presidential run-off on Monday as partial results suggested Michel Martelly could win.
Haitian voters prepare on Sunday to choose between a popular singer and a former first lady as the quake-ravaged country’s next leader.
The South African government has confirmed that ousted Haitian president Jean Bertrand-Aristide will end his seven-year exile in South Africa.
Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will arrive in Port-au-Prince early on Friday, ending seven years of exile in South Africa, an aide said.
Haiti’s Jean-Bertrand Aristide is leaving exile in South Africa in just a few hours, despite President Barack Obama’s bid to keep him away.