A U.S. educated economist and former head of Haiti’s Central Bank assumed the presidency of the country’s embattled transition council on Friday, pointing fingers at the economic elite and blaming ...

who represents the party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. "Haitian people have enough of violence, of lies and of corruption," he said. "We must forget our interests and prioritize ...

Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide makes a triumphant homecoming to Haiti after seven years of exile, returning despite U.S. objections two days before a crucial presidential vote.

Haiti, of course, was born ... France’s ambassador to Haiti later admitted that Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide’s demand for France to pay Haiti back this debt played at least a ...

South Africa admits sending weapons to Haiti. The Jamaica government has admitted that a South African airforce jet carrying weapons heading for Haiti landed at Norman Manley airp ...

In 1990, a charismatic Roman Catholic priest named Jean-Bertrand Aristide won 67 percent ... order to arrest gang leaders. BBC News: Haitian Gangs Defy President's Ultimatum Gang leaders in ...

Jean took over from architect Leslie Voltaire in a friendly ceremony, following a more fraught transition in October when the first president refused ... deployed to Haiti to help boost police ...

Aristide’s comments come as Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council prepares for a leadership change on March 7, when Fritz Alphonse Jean is scheduled to replace Leslie Voltaire as the council’s ...