MIAMI — All U.S. airlines and other commercial operators have been banned from flying into Haiti for at least 30 days, the Federal Aviation Administration
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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
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Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say
SANTO DOMINGO — A network of illegal drug sellers based in the U.S., the Dominican Republic and India packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised
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Dominican Republic starts mass deportations of Haitians and expels nearly 11,000 in a week
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic said Tuesday it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week, fulfilling a pledge to do so
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Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an ‘excess’ of immigrants
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic announced Wednesday that it would start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country, expelling up to
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Haiti says it supports a UN peacekeeping mission to fight the country’s violent gangs
NEW YORK (AP) — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council announced Thursday that he supports a U.N. peacekeeping mission to fight gang violence still
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Dominican president warns of ‘drastic measures’ if anti-gang mission in Haiti fails
NEW YORK (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic warned Wednesday that his administration would take “drastic measures” to protect the country if a
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Blinken visits Dominican Republic as talks with president focus on economy and Haiti’s crisis
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The U.S. secretary of state and the leader of the Dominican Republic held private talks Friday on a range of issues,
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‘One Caribbean, one love’: Unheralded island nations shine in track and field at the Paris Olympics
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Track and field fans are used to seeing Jamaican athletes on the medal stand at the Olympics. In Paris, other Caribbean
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A top court in the Dominican Republic deliberates anti-sodomy laws targeting police and military
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — A top court in the Dominican Republic has agreed to review a challenge to laws dating from the last century that criminalize gay
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