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Clashes as Haiti’s pop star-turned-president marks three years in power
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Clashes between protesters and police marked Haitian President Michel Martelly's three years in power Wednesday, with at least one person shot in the confrontations.
Columbus’ flagship, the Santa María, may finally have been found
LONDON – A shipwreck off the coast of Haiti may be the remains of the Santa María, Christopher Columbus' flagship from his first voyage to the Americas, according to reports on Tuesday.
Haiti cholera victims file new lawsuit against UN
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Victims of Haiti's deadly post-earthquake cholera epidemic filed a new lawsuit Tuesday against the United Nations in U.S. federal court, demanding compensation over the organization's alleged responsibility for the outbreak.
Haiti’s first cardinal will tell pope of country’s woes
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – For the first time, a Haitian has been named a cardinal – and he's vowing to "bring the reality" of his tiny, impoverished Caribbean country "into the heart of the Vatican."
Haiti’s ‘Baby Doc’ to face corruption trial?
The ex-dictator returned to Haiti in 2011 after a 25 years of exile.
‘Baby Doc’ arrested in Haiti
Jean-Claude Duvalier, the 59-year-old former dictator, assumed power at 19 from his notorious father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier. Baby Doc ruled Haiti from 1971 to 1986.