In one of the closest approximations of a free election in ail of Haiti’s dictator ridden history, François Duvalier won the presidency in 1957 on his record as a selfless country doctor fighting ...

The Caribbean island of Hispaniola is divided into two nations—Haiti, where the politics is bad; and the Dominican Republic, where it is worse. Over the past four years, Haiti’s President François ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Haitians are wary of International forces. Jaime Razuri/AFP via Getty Images) Haiti appears to be on the precipice of foreign ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Jean-Claude Duvalier, who presided over what was widely acknowledged as a corrupt and brutal regime as the self-proclaimed “president for life” of Haiti until a popular ...

Last week, former Haitian President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier returned to Haiti, ending his 25-year exile after a 1986 popular uprising had ousted the notoriously corrupt ruler. As the still ...

Colonel Heinl is a retired Marine officer who served as chief of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group in Haiti, and also as commander of the U.S. naval mission there until expelled by President ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Bishop Francois-Wolff Ligonde, who presided over the lavish wedding of former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier and was viewed as an ardent supporter of the ...