Cuba calls on United Nations to stop US militarization of region
HAVANA (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday called for the United Nations to stop the United States from starting a war in the region, amid rising tensions due…
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‘I’m furious, and I’m ashamed:’ UN humanitarian chief on crisis in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher walks through the sprawling displacement camp in Haiti’s gang-ravaged capital, moving in silent disbelief through a labyrinth of narrow alleyways, hanging laundry…
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UN directs $9 million in emergency funds to Haiti amid worsening humanitarian crisis
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The United Nations on Tuesday allocated an additional $9 million in emergency funds to Haiti amid the country’s worsening gang violence and a growing hunger crisis. The funds…
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‘No life left.’ Haitians find no home to return to as ‘Barbecue’ calls for peace
“I don’t have anywhere to go. I don’t have anywhere to go.” Rose Marie Michel paced frantically in the middle of a once-bustling street in Port-au-Prince’s Delmas 30 neighborhood, overcome…
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UN Commission urges Latin America to diversify markets to confront Trump’s tariffs
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — The head of the U.N. commission on Latin America, Jose Manuel Salazar, urged the region's countries to diversify their export and import markets and to integrate…
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Haiti businessman takes over presidency as gangs threaten transition
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Haitian businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr took over his country's leadership on Thursday, the last phase of its transition before it is mandated to hand power to a democratically…
Six more die of hunger in Gaza, Israel says UN trucks make fuel delivery
CAIRO (Reuters) — Six more people died of starvation and malnutrition in Gaza over the past 24 hours, its health ministry said on Sunday as Israel said it allowed a delivery of…
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3 Haitian police officers killed and one missing as gangs overrun a central region
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Three Haitian policemen and an informant were killed and a fourth officer is missing in the country’s central region, where gang violence has surged, Haiti’s National Police…
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Haiti police kill suspected Jamaican traffickers during historic cocaine bust
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Three Jamaicans are dead and a Bahamian national is in custody in Haiti after a historic drug bust Sunday off the country’s northwest coast led to the seizure…
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Haiti gangs’ expansion, human-rights violations, threaten whole Caribbean
For days, the message circulated on WhatsApp chats, warning of an imminent attack. The message, which claimed to be from Jeff Laros, the sanctioned leader of Haiti’s so-called Taliban gang,…