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Konpa music has dominated the Haitian music industry for decades. But while the genre’s roots are firmly in Haiti, today its leading bands are often not.…

Last month they ran the Key Biscayne Half Marathon – with a big new prize.“They said, 'You’re gonna go to Cuba,'" says Elliott Mason, who won the race and…

HAVANA – In a eulogy last week in Havana for his brother Fidel Castro, Cuban President Raúl Castro often saluted los jóvenes – young people. But it…

Among its demands for normalized relations, Cuba wants the U.S. to leave its naval station at Guantánamo Bay on the island’s southeastern tip. But the…

Veteran actor Jorge Perugorría was a smart choice to play detective Mario Conde – if only because Perugorría is 51 years old.Conde is in his 30s, but the…

It’s Valentine's Day. And once again, Latin America is front and center: Colombian roses. Venezuelan chocolate. Argentine tango.But here’s another Latin…

This interview was originally published on March 20.Former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega is dead at the age of 83. The Panamanian government…

Typically, when people are in the court system they want their cases heard as quickly as possible. But asylum requests are different.Building an asylum…

Farah Larrieux is a Haitian who for the past dozen years has built a tele-life in South Florida. She's hosted the public affairs program "Haiti Journal"…

Venezuela is in its fourth week of massive anti-government demonstrations – and so far 21 people have been killed in the unrest.The country has the…

Ricardo Rosselló became Governor of Puerto Rico in January at the age of just 37 – and he inherited a disaster.The U.S. territory is mired in a $123…

On the night of May 12, a group of Venezuelan expats gathered in front of the house of former Venezuelan judge Dayva Soto in Weston. They screamed insults…

Puerto Ricans want to become America’s 51st state. But right now it's doubtful America – at least President Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress –…

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López was released from prison over the weekend. But that doesn’t change the fact that Venezuela’s unpopular…

On Sunday a small band of Venezuelan soldiers staged a revolt at a military base in the city of Valencia and made off with weapons.They were rebelling…

When Vice President Mike Pence toured Latin America last week – Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Panama – it was the Trump administration’s first visit to a…

Atlantic hurricanes rarely leave the Caribbean unscathed. The basin is like a bowling alley for storms and the islands its pins. Hurricane Irma – which…

The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda was the first place hit this month by the monster storm Hurricane Irma. Prime Minister Gaston Browne…

By Tim PadgettTOA BAJA – Heavy rains fell last week in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, a town west of San Juan. The sound of the downpour took 68-year-old Carmen…

It's been two months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. But more than half the U.S. island territory's residents still have no electricity. A…