Elsie Etheart (born c. 1943)[1] is a Haitian journalist known for founding the newspaper Haïti en Marche.
[3][4] She then returned to Haiti, where the news environment was opening slightly after the death of dictator François Duvalier[4] She spent ten years reporting for Radio Métropole in Port-au-Prince.
[3][4][5] In 1980, Etheart was detained and then expelled by the government of Jean-Claude Duvalier along with many of her journalist colleagues.
[4] Beginning in 1982, she and her longtime collaborator Marcus Garcia broadcast the news show "Chita Tande" in Haitian Creole on WLRN-FM.
[4][6] Also with Garcia, in 1986, she co-founded the newspaper Haïti en Marche, which became a trusted source for members of the Haitian diaspora.