Haitian President Michel Martelly said on Friday he will host Oprah Winfrey when she visits the Caribbean nation.
In an interview, the Haiti leader said he would like to see Winfrey promote the troubled nation's lesser known attributes to outside investors as it struggles to recover from the 2010 earthquake.
Martelly said he planned to meet Winfrey tomorrow. "I am hoping she will serve as an ambassador for Haiti, to help us get the kind of assistance needed," Martelly said at a trade summit for Caribbean leaders.
Winfrey is expected to visit a settlement camp for displaced people run by Hollywood actor Sean Penn and his aid group J/P HRO. She is also expected to meet fashion designer Donna Karan, who has celebrated the work of Haiti's artisans through her Urban Zen Foundation since the quake.
