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Gangs have grown rapidly in number over the past few years. An estimated 200 criminal gangs now exist in Haiti, and around 95 in the capital, Port-au-Prince, alone. This has resulted in massive insecurity, kidnappings, and large-scale attacks on the police, politicians, journalists and civilians.
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The mysterious ailments that became known as Havana syndrome left no physical evidence of injury or disease, according to two government studies.
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With Republicans accusing President Joe Biden and his administration of failing to enforce basic immigration laws and secure the U.S. southern border, the issue of immigration is particularly complicated in Miami-Dade, where more than half of the county’s residents were born abroad.
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Caribbean officials say a plan to create a transitional presidential council is moving forward after a majority of Haitian parties and coalitions submitted the names of those charged with finding new leaders for the country.
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Four-star U.S. Army General Laura Richardson is the commander of U.S. Southern Command in South Florida, overseeing Latin America and the Caribbean for the Department of Defense. She tells WLRN about her journey in the military and the response to the Haiti crisis.
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Cubans are often divided on many issues. One religious icon unites them: The Virgin of Charity of Cobre is venerated by observant Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions; by Cubans on the island, emigrants and those in exile.
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NPR reports from inside Haiti, as gangs unleash another day of violence in the country's capital. It comes as political groups try to form a transitional council.
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COMMENTARY Assembling a new governing council in Haiti will be grueling — but it's a chance to promote better leadership than the toxic ruling class Ariel Henry represents.
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A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appears to be crumbling as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the transition.
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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s claim that President Joe Biden refuses to detain illegal migrants ignores detentions and deportations under Biden's administration and migrant releases under previous presidents, experts said.
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Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has announced he will resign once a transitional presidential council is created, bowing to international pressure that seeks to save the country overwhelmed by violent gangs that some experts say have unleashed a low-scale civil war.
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Cuban-American illustrator and author Edel Rodriguez tells the story of his family’s dramatic Mariel escape from Cuba, their struggles in Hialeah and eventually, his triumph in New York in his graphic memoir titled, 'Worm: A Cuban-American Odyssey.'