By Santana Salmon The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) crime report says in less than three weeks, at least 94 residents were killed, more than 120 were injured by gunfire and 12 others disappeared in less than three weeks of fighting between rival gangs in the north and west of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan […]

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by Alma Beauvais Miami Herald   Haitian landowners who plan to leave the country to escape violence and economic stagnation are struggling to sell their homes and lands. The reason: Potential buyers are fleeing, too. The situation has become dire for the Haitian real estate market as landowners, homeowners and real estate agents report almost […]

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By Kiarinna Parisi, David von Blohn, Karol Suarez, and Ana Cucalon, CNN (CNN)Police in Guatemala City arrested prominent journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín on Friday, drawing criticism by human rights and press freedom advocacy groups. Authorities say that Zamora, who is the director of the newspaper El Periódico, is suspected of involvement in a money […]

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BUENOS AIRES, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay submitted a joint bid on Tuesday to host the 2030 World Cup, an effort that if successful would bring the global tournament back to Uruguay a century after it hosted the first World Cup in 1930. “This is the dream of a continent,” said […]

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By Nancy Lapid   Children wearing protective masks toss snow at each other as they skate at Bryant Park during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Aug 2 (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on […]

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BUENOS AIRES, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday asked for permission to confiscate an Iranian plane sold to Venezuelan owners and impounded in Argentina on suspicions it was linked to international terrorist groups, the agency said in a statement. The unannounced arrival of the plane in Argentina on June […]

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Aug 2 (Reuters) – The Nicaraguan government ordered the closure on Monday of seven Catholic radio stations linked to a bishop who has been critical of the country’s president, Daniel Ortega. Bishop Rolando Alvarez, who serves as the radio’s coordinator and leads the remote northern Matagalpa diocese, announced the closures on Monday. “All our radio […]

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By Nicola Bryan BBC News A portrait of slave owner Sir Thomas Picton, also known as the Tyrant of Trinidad, or the Blood-Stained Governor, has been put back on display, albeit boxed up-and alongside new artworks and information that “reframes” his place in history. The portrait was removed from National Museum Cardiff, Wales in November […]

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by Brad Dress The Hill More than half of U.S. voters say former President Trump should face criminal charges for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill on Monday. Just a couple weeks after the last public hearing […]

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By Santana Salmon Chairman of Grenada’s National Reparations Commission (GNRC), Arley Gill, is calling on European institutions still benefiting from the legacy of slavery to apologize and atone for the unimaginable brutality. “I believe we must demand that the descendants of those who profited from slavery must acknowledge the harms inflicted upon enslaved Africans and […]

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