A Haitian shocked by a CNN report on mass graves gets a priest to give Christian burials. CNN's Joe Johns reports.
With expectations of change running high, former bad-boy pop star Michel Martelly was sworn in Saturday as the president of impoverished Haiti, still reeling from last year's devastating earthquake.
The singer formerly known as "Sweet Mickey" is sworn in a Haiti's new president. CNN's Gary Tuchman reports.
Even before he was officially declared president, Michel Martelly was making the rounds in Washington.
It was just before Christmas when Michel Martelly mulled over events in his troubled land and concluded that everything had been done to ensure loss for him at the polls.
Flamboyant carnival musician Michel Martelly edged out former Haitian first lady Mirlande Manigat in a pivotal presidential runoff vote held last month, according to preliminary results released Monday.
Exiled former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide says he's ready to provide aid for Haiti and rejoin his people.
Fraud has forced Haiti's election council to delay results of a highly anticipated runoff intended to decide the next leader of the troubled Caribbean nation.
Voting in the second round of Haiti's presidential runoff was mostly calm Sunday, although two shooting deaths were linked to election violence, according to the head of Haiti's national police.
Haitians are choosing between a former first lady and a popular musician in a pivotal presidential runoff vote.
Former Haitian first lady Mirlande Manigat will face popular musician Michel Martelly in the second round of presidential elections in Haiti, the electoral commission announced Thursday. The government-backed candidate, Jude Celestin, was eliminated from the race.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned early Monday from a one-day visit to Haiti with major concerns about the Caribbean nation's presidential elections.
In December 2010, protesters in Haiti set fires in response to an announcement of a presidential runoff election.
On her way to Haiti, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday that the United States wouldn't cut aid to the economically and politically unsettled Caribbean nation -- despite major concerns about its recent and upcoming presidential elections.
December 2010: Anderson Cooper talks to Sean Penn about the protests in Haiti that have turned violent and even deadly.
Haiti's ruling party is no longer supporting its presidential candidate, whose disputed second-place finish led to violent post-election demonstrations on the streets.
A much-awaited review of Haiti's disputed presidential election made public on Tuesday suggests the government-backed candidate should be eliminated from contention.
Haitian officials, awaiting a review of preliminary election results, have postponed a runoff vote, originally scheduled for January 16, to decide the troubled nation's next president.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton plans to visit Haiti on Wednesday to discuss the recent cholera outbreak and efforts to rebuild after a punishing earthquake, the Clinton Foundation said.
Michel Martelly is not used to being confined to his home.
Anger swept Port-au-Prince on Wednesday as protests erupted throughout the Haitian capital the day after election results were announced.
Protests erupted around the Haitian capital Tuesday night after an election council announced a runoff between a former first lady and a candidate allied with an increasingly unpopular government.
Haiti's former first lady will face President Rene Preval's handpicked successor in a presidential runoff in January, the country's Central Election Commission reported Tuesday.
Two-thirds of the candidates in Haiti's presidential race, including one of the front-runners, denounced Sunday's national elections and called for a complete annulment of the vote due to irregularities and ballot-box stuffing.
Within a year that saw a massive earthquake, a spreading cholera epidemic and recurring signs of government instability, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere is gearing up for its latest battle: presidential elections.
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