Latin America and the Caribbean

Three escaped inmates from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada were charged in the killing of a U.S. couple whose catamaran they hijacked, police said. The couple's bodies have not been found.

At least three people have been killed and hundreds of inmates have fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight. The jailbreak marks a new low in Haiti’s downward spiral of violence and comes as gangs assert greater control on the capital.

COMMENTARY Vigilantism is an understandable response to relentless violent crime, but Latin America shows it worsens the plague — as it likely will in Haiti if the world doesn't step up.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy got a whirlwind visit to Haiti, but instead of being feted with a parade like in other countries it was only displayed during a small ceremony because of the country’s unrelenting violence.

Authorities say a gang near Haiti’s capital has ambushed and killed three police officers in the latest attack against an under-resourced and underfunded police department that has reported nearly two dozen officers slain so far this year.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will receive a total of nearly $108 million to improve drinking water infrastructure across the U.S. territories.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has won a multimillion-dollar verdict in a sprawling corruption lawsuit that began nearly 20 years ago and involves former high-ranking officials.

Three films at the 40th Annual Miami Film Festival presents the costs of the Cuban revolution for the island nation and some of its artists — irreparable might-have-beens, never-will-be’s, and exiles.

More than a third of U.S. ambassador posts are unfilled in Latin America and the Caribbean — some for years — including at the Organization of American States.

A former Haitian senator sought in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested in Jamaica, Haiti's National Police says. John Joël Joseph is the second suspect to be arrested in Jamaica.

In 2021, leftists won presidencies in every Latin American election but one, including Peru and Chile. In 2022, they could take Brazil and Colombia too. Why?

The good news in Latin America and the Caribbean: much of the region turned vaccination tragedy into triumph. The bad news? Just about everything else.