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April 10th, 2024
Diplomats push for progress on Haiti transition as death toll mounts

REUTERS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Diplomats at a regional Americas body yesterday urged Haitian politicians to move forward with a delayed plan to replace Prime Minister Ariel Henry with a transitional council, a move which could trigger the long-awaited deployment of an international security force.

April 10th, 2024
Search on as Suriname’s ex-president flee murder conviction

REUTERS

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The families of Surinamese activists slain for their opposition to the government in the 1980s say decades of suffering and sluggish legal proceedings have been prolonged by the apparent inability of authorities to locate the man at the center of it all: former President Desi Bouterse.

April 3rd, 2024
Over 50,000 fled Haiti capital in three weeks, with politicians in deadlock

REUTERS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – More than 53,000 people fled Haiti’s capital in just three weeks of March as conflict between powerful armed gangs wreaked havoc for civilians, with the state largely absent and a path out of the chaos yet to be established by politicians.

April 3rd, 2024
T&T Alcohol, noise fuelled attack that left father, son dead

TRINIDAD GUARDIAN

PIARCO, Trinidad - A combination of alcohol, along with the noise emanating from an apartment above at Building 16, Oropune Gardens, Piarco, are believed to be what led a suspect to kill a father and son on Saturday.

April 3rd, 2024
CariCOF says Caribbean to face climate extremes in 2024

LOOP NEWS

The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says 2024 is shaping up to be a year of climate extremes in the Caribbean.

March 27th, 2024
Haiti gang wars push hunger to worst levels on record

REUTERS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Almost half of Haiti’s people are struggling to feed themselves as gang violence spreads across the country, with several areas close to famine, international organisations said yesterday.

March 27th, 2024
Amid blackouts & scarce food, Cuba protests rattle ‘cradle’ of the Revolution

REUTERS

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA – A crowd swarms the steps of a small state-run market on the outskirts of Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city, sweating and shouting, jostling for a chance at a once-monthly ration of chicken.

March 27th, 2024
Dominica: Police detain American nationals

LOOP NEWS

Dominica police on Sunday say seven United States nationals, who arrived on the island on three private planes, are now assisting their investigations into an undisclosed matter.

March 20th, 2024
Dominican Republic urged to stop deporting Haitis fleeing gang violence

AP

DAJABON, Dominican Republic - Human rights activists are calling on the Dominican Republic’s government for a temporary reprieve in deportations as neighbouring Haiti’s crisis spirals and people attempt to flee over the closed border from a surge in deadly gang violence.

March 20th, 2024
A team to choose Haiti’s next leader takes shape amidst gang violence

AP

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Caribbean leaders said Tuesday that all groups and political parties except one have submitted nominees for a transitional presidential council charged with selecting an interim prime minister for Haiti, which remains engulfed in gang violence.

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