Pope Francis’ last act was to give JD Vance a lesson about migrants
VATICAN CITY (Daily Beast) — Pope Francis, who died at 88 today, used his last days on the planet to order up a stern dressing down to JD Vance on the White…
Descendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
NEW YORK (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana.…
France forced Haiti to pay for independence. 200 years later, should there be restitution?
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Miami Herald) — Two centuries ago this month, France pulled off one of history’s greatest armed extortions: After the first three leaders of a newly freed Haiti refused to…
JD Vance to spend Easter in Rome amid tiff with Pope Francis
The pope has sharply criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies. ROME (Politico) — Vice President JD Vance is spending Easter weekend in Rome, where he’ll meet with a top…
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Haitians face record hunger as gang violence grips country in throes of economic crisis
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — More than half of Haiti’s population is expected to experience severe hunger through June, and another 8,400 people living in makeshift shelters are projected to starve, according to a…
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UN migration head calls conditions in Haiti ‘brutal,’ wants to talk to U.S. about aid
PORT-AU-PRINCE (MH) — As more than a half-million Haitians continue to face the threat of expulsion from the United States and the Trump administration sent another deportation flight to the…
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Enough talk, time for action, CARICOM official says on slavery reparations
LONDON (Reuters) - The push for slavery reparations is at a defining moment, a Caribbean Community official said on the second day of a United Nations forum, adding it was…
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U.S., Caribbean community condemn plans by gangs, allies to overthrow Haiti government
PORT-AU-PRINCE (MH) — The U.S. State Department and the Caribbean Community are condemning looming threats by a powerful gang coalition in Haiti to escalate violence against residents in an effort…
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Rare, good news for a Haiti in crisis: Court revives U.S. agency aid
WASHINGTON — In these times of strikingly bad news in Haiti, a whisper of good news for the country emerged from a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C. Last week, the…
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Upheaval at Inter-American Foundation slashes critical aid in Haiti, report says
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Thousands of Haitians have lost access to resources including seeds, loans and medical care after the Trump administration began to dismantle a U.S. foundation that helped the…