El Salvador’s congress approves sending troop contingent to Haiti
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress approved a proposal to send a contingent of soldiers to Haiti under the auspices of the United Nations to handle medical…
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News
2 South American men, deported before, detained at St. Thomas airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two South American were detained by federal agents at the St. Thomas airport and charged with illegal reentry into the United States. Carlos Adrian Verdugo-Castro was intercepted…
US to play Jamaica in CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals this month
KINGSTON (AP) — The United States will play Jamaica this month in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Nations League, the first competitive matches for the Americans under coach Mauricio Pochettino.…
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News
Mexican fuel flows to Cuba as the island faces blackouts and the loss of Russian and Venezuelan oil
HAVANA (AP) — As Cuba grapples with blackouts and a deepening economic crisis, Mexico has sent nearly half a million barrels of crude oil and diesel in just a span of days,…
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News
Armed activists launch new protests in Martinique over high living costs
FORT-DE-FRANCE — Protesters with automatic weapons targeted police and firefighters in the French Caribbean island of Martinique during a fresh round of violent demonstrations, the government said Wednesday. No injuries were…
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News
More than 1,200 have been killed in Haiti as gangs launch fresh attacks, UN says
PORT-AU-PRINCE — There is no sleeping inside Port-au-Prince’s Solino neighborhood. Since members of a powerful gang coalition began carrying out a new round of violent attacks, clouds of smoke billow…
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News
A key police veteran in Haiti’s gang wars, senior cop is now fighting for his freedom
PORT-AU-PRINCE — As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traversed Haiti’s gang-controlled capital in early September, a sinister plot was unfolding. On the afternoon of September 5, a man driving…
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News
Colombian court revokes order suspending gas well off Caribbean coast
BOGOTA — A Colombian court overturned another court order issued last month that had suspended activities at Sirius-2, previously called Uchuva-2, a major gas well located off the country's Caribbean coast. The ruling,…
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News
U.S. deportation flight lands in Haiti amid spreading violence, attack on Catholic nuns
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Days after a Catholic mission that treats up to 30,000 poor people a year became the latest target of armed gangs in a new wave of coordinated attacks,…
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News
Curfew extended in French Caribbean territory amid power blackout
FORT-DE-FRANCE — French authorities maintained a night curfew amid fresh unrest on the Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe as they battled to restore power they accused striking energy workers of sabotaging. Guadeloupe…