Haiti's former President Michel Martelly says goodbye after a ceremony marking the end of his presidential term, at the Haitian Parliament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 7, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Michel Martelly stepped down as Haitian president on Sunday, leaving a deeply divided country in the hands of a disputed interim government, while the first day of Carnival celebrations was cancelled as violent protests erupted.
The mood was grim on what should have been a festive day that would have marked a newly elected president, as well as the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship and the start of the Caribbean country's Carnival.
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