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Retiring U.S. envoy reflects on Haiti, offers some advice to Trump administration
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Retiring U.S. envoy reflects on Haiti, offers some advice to Trump administration

The main international airport remains off-limits to U.S. jetliners. Armed gangs continue to gain ground despite the presence of a police-led international force. And the political transition that the United…
Posted by John McCarthy January 2, 2025
51-year-old man missing after going overboard during Caribbean cruise
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

51-year-old man missing after going overboard during Caribbean cruise

KINGSTON — A 51-year-old man went overboard from a Norwegian cruise ship during a trip to the Caribbean, and, despite an extensive search, he has not been found. Norwegian Cruise…
Posted by John McCarthy January 1, 2025
Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws
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Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who briefly stood to become President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, was found by congressional ethics investigators to have…
Posted by John McCarthy December 23, 2024
Which countries have completed debt swaps for nature and climate
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Which countries have completed debt swaps for nature and climate

BRIDGETOWN — Debt swaps are becoming a more widely used tool to help indebted countries raise money for conservation or climate-related projects. Under a swap, a country buys back more…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
The Bahamas will refinance part of its debt to protect its famous turquoise waters
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The Bahamas will refinance part of its debt to protect its famous turquoise waters

NASSAU (AP) — The Bahamas announced today that it will refinance $300 million of its external debt to free up more than $120 million for marine conservation projects and climate change mitigation.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 22, 2024
Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission
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Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence into a U.N. peacekeeping mission.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2024
King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
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King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ slavery past as calls for reparations intensify

APIA, Samoa — King Charles said today the Commonwealth should acknowledge its "painful" history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain's role in transatlantic slavery. Representatives of…
Posted by John McCarthy October 25, 2024
Oscar brings winds, heavy rains to eastern Cuba after striking the Bahamas
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Oscar brings winds, heavy rains to eastern Cuba after striking the Bahamas

HAVANA — Tropical Storm Oscar brought heavy rains and winds to Cuba, an island already beleaguered by a massive power outage, late Sunday after brushing the Bahamas. It made landfall…
Posted by John McCarthy October 21, 2024
Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in the Bahamas, heads towards Cuba
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Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in the Bahamas, heads towards Cuba

NASSAU — Hurricane Oscar made landfall early today in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading towards Cuba. Oscar, which the hurricane center characterized as "very small," is the 15th named…
Posted by John McCarthy October 20, 2024
Gangs attack neighborhoods across Haiti’s capital in new wave of violence
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Gangs attack neighborhoods across Haiti’s capital in new wave of violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Multiple gangs attacked several communities in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday, setting fire to homes and a church as bullets whizzed through the area. At…
Posted by John McCarthy October 19, 2024

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