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For Haiti’s kids, servitude in gangs, death on the streets leave little room for a future
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

For Haiti’s kids, servitude in gangs, death on the streets leave little room for a future

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The nine-year-old boys wearing matching knapsacks walk down the street in the morning light, but they are not going to school. In their hands are loaded guns, and…
Posted by John McCarthy January 3, 2025
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Posted inBreaking News Humanitarian News Military News

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined…
Posted by John McCarthy December 29, 2024
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News Humanitarian News

Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami,…
Posted by John McCarthy December 26, 2024
UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United Nations raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in…
Posted by John McCarthy December 24, 2024
Can Cuba and Venezuela help rescue Haiti? Head of U.S.-backed transition is asking
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Can Cuba and Venezuela help rescue Haiti? Head of U.S.-backed transition is asking

MIAMI — In Cuba the population is fighting shortages of food, fuel and medicine while a collapsing electrical grid that resulted in three nationwide blackouts this year continues to leave…
Posted by John McCarthy December 22, 2024
Joy and wonder: Between the bumps of the world, exuberance shone through in 2024
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Community Affairs

Joy and wonder: Between the bumps of the world, exuberance shone through in 2024

She jumps, her eyes closed, and she grins — this little girl surrounded by gang violence in her own neighborhood in Haiti. The jump rope game she is playing brings…
Posted by John McCarthy December 17, 2024
Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in Mayotte cyclone
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News Humanitarian News

Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in Mayotte cyclone

MAMOUDZOU — Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte,…
Posted by John McCarthy December 15, 2024
One week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again
Posted inBreaking News Humanitarian News International News

One week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again

DAMASCUS (AP) — At Damascus’ international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across Syria to the capital — arrived with his team. The few maintenance…
Posted by John McCarthy December 15, 2024
Haiti’s shaky transition needs saving, say political leaders. They want CARICOM to intervene
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti’s shaky transition needs saving, say political leaders. They want CARICOM to intervene

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian political leaders are accusing the political party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and its allies of trying to hijack the country’s shaky transition process —and they want…
Posted by John McCarthy December 15, 2024
Haitian, Kenyan police took control of a rural town – then the victory led to carnage
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haitian, Kenyan police took control of a rural town – then the victory led to carnage

PORT-AU-PRINCE — It was supposed to be a rare victory after a wave of setbacks in Haiti’s war against gangs. The armored police vehicles, manned by Haitian and Kenyan police,…
Posted by John McCarthy December 14, 2024

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