Danica Coto
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It was unclear how long the rare closure of the borders will last, with Dominican President Luis Abinader saying the measure will remain in place “as long as necessary.”
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One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over their land in remote parts of this South American country.
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U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is warning that Haiti’s “tragic situation” threatens the security of the Caribbean region and beyond as he pressed the international community for a response.
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An investigation into a private investment firm in Jamaica where $12.7 million belonging to sprinter Usain Bolt has led to one of the largest fraud scandals to hit the Caribbean island. One top official has been forced to resign.
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Puerto Rico's government says it plans to privatize electricity generation, a first for a U.S. territory facing chronic power outages as it struggles to rebuild a crumbling electric grid.
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Shortly after Hurricane Nicole made landfall early Thursday along Florida's east coast, it downgraded to a tropical storm, but the storm-weary state is still being battered strong winds, dangerous storm surge and heavy rain.
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Crews evacuated dozens of people from vulnerable locations in the northwestern Bahamas as Tropical Storm Nicole approached Wednesday and residents of Florida braced for the storm.
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Senior U.S. officials say the U.S. government will revoke visas from current and former Haitian government officials involved with criminal organizations.
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Haiti's chief prosecutor on Tuesday asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and asked officials to bar him from leaving the country.
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A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and protests of his increasingly authoritarian rule.