Michel Martelly, Haiti’s New President, Gets Mixed Reviews. Haiti’s new president is charming, but can he lead his country out of trouble? Lois Romano. Published Sep. 21 2011 3:43PM EDT .

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The presidential campaign of musician Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly at first seemed like an afterthought, overshadowed by the short-lived run of the better-known star ...

Former Haiti President Michel Martelly and wife Sophia work together to fold thepresidential sash after he delivered his farewell speech at Parliament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016.

Martelly says he is "the president of every Haitian," but despite winning two-thirds of the votes in the runoff, historic absenteeism meant less than 17 percent of eligible Haitians voted for him. And ...

Reporting from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Mexico — Michel Martelly, a popular singer making his first foray into Haitian electoral politics, rolled to a commanding victory in last month’s ...

When Michel Martelly was elected President of Haiti in 2011, expectations for his performance as a head of state were fairly low. And in many respects, unfortunately, he’s met them.

Is it Obama?” former Haitian President Michel Martelly, clad in a snug-fitting T-shirt and jeans, beckoned the crowd in Creole during a breakout tribute to his greatness.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Top Haitian leaders negotiated an agreement to install a short-term provisional government less than 24 hours before President Michel Martelly was scheduled to step down ...

Reporting from Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Former singer Michel Martelly was sworn in Saturday as Haiti’s new president, promising change in a country whose towering needs will soon test his ...

Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, once known as the "President of Kompa" -- Haitian carnival music – has been elected President of Haiti in a landslide.

Michel Martelly, Haiti’s President, Departs Without a Successor. Thirty years to the day after Haiti’s last dictator fled and the country took its first wobbly steps toward democracy, another ...

Michel Martelly, a popular singer known by the stage name "Sweet Micky," was officially declared the next president of this earthquake-devastated country, election officials said.