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Venezuela frees 99 prisoners detained after post-election protests
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Venezuela frees 99 prisoners detained after post-election protests

CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela freed 99 people jailed after last year’s election protests, the prisons authority said on Thursday, but rights groups said they believed the figure was lower despite…
Posted by John McCarthy December 27, 2025
US tells UN it will deprive Venezuela’s Maduro, drug cartel of resources
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US tells UN it will deprive Venezuela’s Maduro, drug cartel of resources

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The United States told the United Nations on Tuesday it will impose and enforce sanctions "to the maximum extent" to deprive Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of…
Posted by John McCarthy December 24, 2025
Jamaica says 6 dead from infectious disease leptospirosis after Hurricane Melissa
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Jamaica says 6 dead from infectious disease leptospirosis after Hurricane Melissa

KINGSTON — Jamaica is seeing an outbreak of leptospirosis and is urging anyone who is experiencing symptoms from the infectious disease to seek immediate medical care. A serious public health…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025
Jamaica struggles to remove debris from Hurricane Melissa as communities remain cut off
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Jamaica struggles to remove debris from Hurricane Melissa as communities remain cut off

KINGSTON (AP) — U.N. officials said Thursday that Hurricane Melissa flung nearly 5 million tons of debris across western Jamaica last week and warned it is preventing crews from delivering aid and…
Posted by John McCarthy November 7, 2025
U.S. boat bombings violate international law, UN human rights chief says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

U.S. boat bombings violate international law, UN human rights chief says

The Trump administration’s deadly bombing campaign of alleged drug-running vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean violate international law and should be investigated, the United Nations’ top human rights…
Posted by John McCarthy November 1, 2025
UN experts say US strikes against Venezuela in international waters amount to ‘extrajudicial executions’
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UN experts say US strikes against Venezuela in international waters amount to ‘extrajudicial executions’

NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. strikes against Venezuela in international waters are a dangerous escalation and amount to "extrajudicial executions," a group of independent United Nations experts said on Tuesday.…
Posted by John McCarthy October 23, 2025
US and UN sanction former Haitian security head, gang leader for aiding gang coalition
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US and UN sanction former Haitian security head, gang leader for aiding gang coalition

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and the United Nations slapped sanctions on the former head of Haitian presidential security and the leader of a Haitian gang on Friday for their…
Posted by John McCarthy October 18, 2025
Venezuela at the UN condemns latest US strike in Caribbean as people in Trinidad mourn
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Venezuela at the UN condemns latest US strike in Caribbean as people in Trinidad mourn

LAS CUEVAS, Trinidad (AP) — Venezuela’s ambassador to the U.N., Samuel Moncada, condemned on Thursday a recent U.S. strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it…
Posted by John McCarthy October 17, 2025
Venezuela asks UN Security Council for emergency session over US military actions in the Caribbean
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Venezuela asks UN Security Council for emergency session over US military actions in the Caribbean

CARACAS Venezuela’s government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the US military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country.…
Posted by John McCarthy October 10, 2025
One of Haiti’s leaders says his country is at war with gangs and asks the world for help
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One of Haiti’s leaders says his country is at war with gangs and asks the world for help

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — One of Haiti’s leaders on Thursday asked the world to help his troubled Caribbean country fight what he characterized as a war against relentless gang violence and…
Posted by John McCarthy September 25, 2025

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