By Widlore Mérancourt and Amanda Coletta WASHINGTON POST   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Impoverished Haiti, beset by spreading gang violence, worsening hunger and now cholera, is hemorrhaging refugees. Its nearest neighbor is responding by tightening its border and stepping up deportations. The Dominican Republic, with which Haiti shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, is building a […]

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The AP Wire Credit Suisse shares soar after central bank aid announced GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse’s shares soared 30% on Thursday after it announced it will move to shore up its finances by borrowing up to nearly $54 billion from the Swiss…Read More Japan, South Korea move forward on trade issue before summit TOKYO […]

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By DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N.’s special envoy to Haiti warned Wednesday that the ongoing training and resources the international community is providing to Haiti’s national police force is not enough to fight increasingly violent gangs. Helen La Lime, head of the U.N.’s Integrated Office in Haiti, unexpectedly joined an […]

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By GONZALO SOLANO QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Argentina and Ecuador are in a diplomatic clash after a former Ecuadorian Cabinet minister, who had been convicted of corruption and taken refuge with the Argentine ambassador, escaped from Ecuador’s capital of Quito to Venezuela Both countries have expelled the other’s ambassador as a result of their disagreement […]

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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A powerful explosion tore through a series of five coal mines interconnected by tunnels and ventilation systems in a rural area of central Colombia, killing at least 11 people and leaving 10 others missing, the government said Wednesday. Nine other miners who got out of the complex after the blast were […]

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March 15 (Reuters) – The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible U.S. ban, the company told Reuters on Wednesday. The move follows the introduction of a new U.S. legislation that would allow the White House to ban TikTok or other foreign-based […]

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NASSAU, March 15 (Reuters) – Bahamas former youth, sports and culture minister Lanisha Rolle was slapped with a slew of charges related to bribery and a government contracts scheme during her time as minister for deals valued at over $700,000. Rolle was charged with one count of bribery and 14 counts of conspiracy to commit […]

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WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) – A senior U.S. official declined on Wednesday at a Senate hearing to comment on the status in the United States of former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, but said any such request from Brazil would be handled “expeditiously.” Speaking at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the future of relations […]

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Image source, Reuters State police officers stand guard near a crime scene in Matamoros, Mexico By Angélica Casas BBC News, Texas Americans often travel to Mexico for low-cost medical services. But bargain shopping for healthcare can be risky.  Over the weekend, four Americans were kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, after travelling by car to the Mexican […]

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] By Claire Marshall BBC Environment & Rural Affairs Correspondent A plan to build the world’s first octopus farm has raised deep concerns among scientists over the welfare of the famously intelligent creatures. The farm in Spain’s Canary Islands would raise about a million octopuses annually for food, according to confidential documents seen by the […]

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