THONY BELIZAIRE AFP/Getty Images Haiti’s First Lady Sophia Martelly filed Thursday to run for a Senate seat representing the West department, which encompasses the capital of Port-au-Prince.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The wife of Haitian President Michel Martelly has registered to run for the Senate in her first attempt at elected office in the impoverished Caribbean country. First ...

In this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo, Haiti's first lady Sophia Martelly visits a warehouse housing a donation of kits to treat chikungunya in the Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Sophia Martelly: Haitians 'More Open' About HIV In the early years of HIV and AIDS, Haiti was considered an epicenter of the epidemic. As dignitaries from around the world meet for the 19th ...

Sophia Martelly says for the past 18 years she's championed social causes. She says that part of her life will continue now - just on a much larger scale. Related ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – An elections committee in Haiti has rejected first lady Sophia Martelly's bid to run for Senate. Electoral council spokesman Richardson Dumel said Wednesday that the ...

Haitian First Lady Sophia Martelly can't run for the Senate due to questions over her nationality, authorities said Wednesday. New York-born Martelly had provided election authorities with ...

The wife of Haitian President Michel Martelly registered on Thursday to run for the Senate in her first attempt at elected office in the impoverished Caribbean country.