Tens of thousands of people began Sunday three days of watching their favorite musicians and letting off steam in Haiti, forgetting their daily troubles and the controversies the festivities never ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least three Haitian bands said Saturday that they are being kept from performing at Carnival and that they suspect it’s because President Michel Martelly’s ...

In Haiti, the pre-Lenten Carnival bash normally is a wild affair of dancing and music held in a central plaza. But now a tent city filled with homeless earthquake victims occupies the space where ...

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Haiti is in the midst of a serious presidential succession crisis, and President Michel Martelly decided to make things even odder by dropping a sexist song targeting a female journalist, which, ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti’s outgoing president has released a brash pop song jeering at his critics and aiming sexually suggestive lyrics at his main target, an award-winning female ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s outgoing president has released a brash pop song jeering at his critics and aiming sexually suggestive lyrics at his main target, an award-winning female journalist. In ...

Wyclef Jean is a three-time Grammy Award winning musician, known for his work as a member of the hip-hop group the Fugees, his own solo career, and his many collaborations as a singer, rapper and ...

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 12 -- Whatever conflict may surround the government, Haiti throws a huge national block party at this time every year. Carnival is something people can count on in a place ...