PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – Criminal gangs in Haiti have established their own toll stations to collect money from road users travelling by car or motorcycle in several parts of the Caribbean country torn apart by a deep political and humanitarian crisis. Leaders of several drivers’ unions have denounced the tactic by gangs who have imposed […]

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By CMC News The Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica is undergoing significant modernization designed to transform it into a world-class facility. Business interests and stakeholders say this is expected to result in the airport’s repositioning to be on par with corresponding facilities in developed countries. They cite the programmed US$70-million runway expansion, opening […]

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By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCEtoday PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — When machine gun fire erupts outside the barbed-wire fences surrounding Fontaine Hospital Center, the noise washes over a cafeteria full of tired, scrub-clad medical staff. And no one bats an eye. Gunfire is part of daily life here in Cité Soleil – the most densely […]

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By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Fears of recession and the impact of inflation on consumer budgets could curb a rebound in travel demand reported by U.S. travel companies in the fourth quarter, although bookings are holding up so far this year, analysts said. Several big names in the travel and leisure […]

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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO, Feb 24 (Reuters) – A major Ecuadorean Indigenous organization said on Friday it will not continue talks with the government of President Guillermo Lasso, saying the government has not complied with accords, and called for Lasso’s resignation over alleged corruption. The government has said it reached dozens of accords with the […]

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By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Peru has recalled its ambassador in Mexico indefinitely after the Mexican president said Peru’s government was “unconstitutional”. Andrés Manuel López Obrador also said that Peru’s former president, Pedro Castillo, had been “illegally ousted.” Peru’s current leader Dina Boluarte denounced what she said was “unacceptable” interference in its “internal affairs”. She […]

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Huge rallies have been held in several Mexican cities against what protesters say are government attempts to undermine the electoral authorities. The biggest was in Mexico City, where organisers say 500,000 people marched on the city’s main plaza. The local government put the number at 90,000. Lawmakers last week voted to slash the budget of […]

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THE HILL- The Biden administration is barreling towards a legal fight with immigration groups after rolling out a new asylum policy similar to a Trump-era directive already struck down by the courts. The tussle between the administration and its would-be allies on immigration has been brewing for years, but it hit a head Tuesday, when […]

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The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said the death toll in Turkey due to earthquakes rose to 44,218 on Friday night. With Syria’s latest announced death toll of 5,914, the combined death toll in the two countries rose to above 50,000.’ More than 160,00 buildings collapsed or were severely damaged in Turkey after the […]

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Reuters  —  El Salvador’s government moved thousands of suspected gang members to a newly opened “mega prison” on Friday, the latest step in a controversial crackdown on crime that has caused the Central American nation’s prison population to soar. “This will be their new home, where they won’t be able to do any more harm […]

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