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Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons, police stations and…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2024
Mike Birch, inaugural winner of Route du Rhum, dies at 90
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Mike Birch, inaugural winner of Route du Rhum, dies at 90

SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Canadian skipper Mike Birch, who won the Route du Rhum solo trans-Atlantic race by 98 seconds, has died, the event’s organizers said Wednesday. He was 90.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 20, 2024
Khatia Buniatishvili is a classical music superstar. Her new album honors Mozart — in her own way
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Khatia Buniatishvili is a classical music superstar. Her new album honors Mozart — in her own way

NEW YORK (AP) — Khatia Buniatishvili has been one of the most well-known classical musicians for more than a decade, but she prefers to keep the chatter about her celebrity buried beneath…
Posted by John McCarthy November 17, 2024
French ambassador to Haiti, known for his frankness, outreach, bids adieu after 3 years
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French ambassador to Haiti, known for his frankness, outreach, bids adieu after 3 years

PORT-AU-PRINCE — During the three years Fabrice Mauriès has served as the French ambassador to Haiti, his nation’s presence hasn’t always been well received, and Washington at times appeared to…
Posted by John McCarthy September 3, 2024
Haiti’s army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer
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Haiti’s army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The announcement that Haiti’s military wanted recruits crackled through a small radio perched on a street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince where Maurenceley Clerge repairs and sells smartphones.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 31, 2024
France’s Supreme Court rejects groups’ request for slavery reparations in case from Martinique
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France’s Supreme Court rejects groups’ request for slavery reparations in case from Martinique

PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court has rejected a request by three groups seeking reparations for slavery in a case that originated on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The…
Posted by John McCarthy July 31, 2023
Martinique’s Nightly Curfew Gets Pushed Back 2 Hours As Some COVID Restrictions Are Relaxed
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Martinique’s Nightly Curfew Gets Pushed Back 2 Hours As Some COVID Restrictions Are Relaxed

FORT-DE-FRANCE — Health protocols to protect against the coronavirus virus are loosening a little in Martinique.  The curfew that began in July in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic will be pushed back two…
Posted by Bro Bot February 16, 2022
Cops Face Gunfire As Lawless Anti-Vaxxers Take To The Streets In Guadeloupe
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Cops Face Gunfire As Lawless Anti-Vaxxers Take To The Streets In Guadeloupe

BASSE-TERRE — One police officer was injured and police faced gunfire during a night of civil unrest over COVID-19 restrictions in Guadeloupe, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the…
Posted by Bro Bot January 25, 2022
Rabid Anti-Vaxxers Throw Rocks At Police In Latest COVID Unrest On Guadeloupe
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Rabid Anti-Vaxxers Throw Rocks At Police In Latest COVID Unrest On Guadeloupe

BASSE-TERRE — Protesters attacked police with stones in the early hours of Monday as police moved in to clear out some blockades on Guadeloupe, the authority on the French Caribbean…
Posted by Bro Bot January 24, 2022
Martinique Court Dismisses Slavery Reparations Lawsuit
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Martinique Court Dismisses Slavery Reparations Lawsuit

FORT-DE-FRANCE — An appeals court in the French Caribbean island of Martinique on Tuesday dismissed a request from groups seeking slavery reparations in a blow to efforts that began more…
Posted by Bro Bot January 19, 2022

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