In Hurricane Melissa’s wake, Jamaican expats can only wait and pray
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York chef Kemoy Gordon last spoke to his cousin in Jamaica on Monday, as his […]
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Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned
25 states sue Trump administration over SNAP food stamp freeze during shutdown
WASHINGTON (CBS) — A coalition of officials from half of the states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump
Trump says he’s cutting off all subsidies to Colombia, accuses Prez Gustavo Petro of being ‘illegal drug leader’
President Trump accused Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro of being an “illegal drug leader” and announced that his administration is cutting
U.S. is repatriating survivors of its strike on suspected drug vessel
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (NYT) — The Trump administration is repatriating two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike this week on suspected
Trinidadian family says U.S. military killed relative in boat attack
PORT OF SPAIN (NYT) — Chad Joseph, a 26-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago who had been living in Venezuela in
Record hunger, displacements continue to hit Haiti as hospitals, businesses close
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The French medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières is known for working in some of the world’s most difficult
Cuba frees prominent dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer, sends him into exile in the U.S.
MIAMI — The Cuban government released dissident leader José Daniel Ferrer from prison Monday and sent him with his family
Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti’s capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to
New report finds hunger rising in Haiti as government pledges a quick response
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s government pledged Friday a quick response to growing hunger in the troubled Caribbean country as a new report