Posts in category Caribbean News

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — After a slum raid that left nearly 50 people dead in four days of gunbattles, the reputed drug kingpin who was …

At least 30 people have been killed and at least 31 wounded in an assault on a suspected drug lord’s compound in the Jamaican capital …

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho businesswoman accused of trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the deadly January earthquake has been returned …

ARCAHAIE, Haiti (AP) — Surrounded by waving banners of blue and red, Haitian President Rene Preval pledged Tuesday, May 18 to step down as scheduled …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police fired tear gas outside the ruins of Haiti’s national palace Monday, May 10 to control 2,000 demonstrators calling for President …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government should emphasize education to help the country recover from its devastating earthquake, Wyclef Jean said recently. The …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A lawyer says Haiti has dropped kidnapping charges against nine of the ten U.S. missionaries who were arrested trying to take …

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MIAMI — In keeping with its mission to promote informed communities, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation this week injected $600,000 into five …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The earthquake not only smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left more than 2.5 million people without enough to eat; it may …