Category: Caribbean
October 1, 2014 > Staff
Political Agendas Delay Promised Guantanamo Transfers
Top Story — On Monday, the Organization of American States Secretary General José Miguel Insulza issued a statement urging member nations of the Americas to help resettle Guantanamo detainees. U.S. President […] Read More >
September 22, 2014 > Camila Osorio and Alex Hall
Latin Americans March In NYC Against Climate Change
NEW YORK — The People’s Climate March drew more than 300,000 people to Manhattan on Sunday to demand world leaders to take action on climate change. Demonstrators came from all over […] Read More >
August 1, 2012 > Staff
Cuba Investigates Spaniard In Crash That Killed Dissidents
Top Story — Cuban authorities may charge Spaniard Angel Carromero with vehicular manslaughter because he was driving the car that crashed into a tree and killed dissident leader Oswaldo Payá and fellow […] Read More >
July 31, 2012 > Staff
Brazil And Ecuador To Help Rebuild Haitian Army
Top Story — The governments of Brazil and Ecuador have agreed to help Haiti set up a new army to replace the U.N. peacekeepers who have patrolled the island since […] Read More >
July 27, 2012 > Staff
Cuba Ready To Talk With US, Says Raul Castro
Top Story — At a speech celebrating Cuba’s Revolution Day on Thursday, Cuban President Raúl Castro said he was willing to sit down for a discussion with the U.S. government over relations between […] Read More >
July 26, 2012 > Staff
Cuba: Detentions At Dissident’s Funeral Criticized
Top Story — Amnesty International and the U.S. Government criticized the Cuban government after it briefly detained some 40 people who attended the funeral of dissident Oswaldo Payá on Tuesday. Cuban dissident and hunger-striker […] Read More >
July 23, 2012 > Staff
Cuban Dissident Oswaldo Paya Killed In Car Crash
Top Story — Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá, the leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, was killed in a car crash on Sunday in eastern Granma province along with another dissident. The […] Read More >
June 28, 2012 > Staff
Cuban Internet Users Caught Between U.S. And Cuban Restrictions
Top Story — After blocking Cuba’s access to Google Analytics last week despite having approved $4 million in taxpayer money to create a “digital democracy” program on the island, the […] Read More >
June 12, 2012 > Staff
More Drugs Passing Through Puerto Rico, Officials Say
Top Story — Puerto Rican officials reported that 70 percent of the 1,136 murders on the island last year could be attributed to drug violence, prompting Puerto Rican governor Luis […] Read More >
May 15, 2012 > Staff
Judge Rejects Declassification Of CIA Volume On Bay of Pigs
Top Story — A U.S. federal judge rejected an effort by the National Security Archive to declassify the CIA’s fifth and final volume on the history of the U.S. Bay of Pigs […] Read More >