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New Haiti leader with international backing to take charge

July 20, 2021 Danica Coto, Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A new prime minister supported by key international diplomats will take charge of Haiti, an official said Monday — a move that appeared aimed at averting a leadership struggle following the assassination […]

Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast

July 5, 2021 Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press

HAVANA — Tropical Storm Elsa swept along Cuba’s southern coast early Monday, and forecasters said it could make landfall on the island’s central shore by midafternoon. By Sunday, Cuban officials had evacuated 180,000 people as […]

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Surge in violence rattles Haiti as poverty, fear deepens

April 22, 2021 Evens Sanon, Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The attack was brazen, streamed live on the internet: Men carrying big guns walked into a church service, grabbed the pastor and three parishioners and led them away in full view of […]

‘Huge’ explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting

April 13, 2021 Kristin Deane and Danica Coto, Associated Press

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — La Soufriere volcano fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas early Monday in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island of St. […]

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Sun, sand, shots: Caribbean seeks vaccines to revive economy

March 4, 2021 Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean is hunting for visitors and vaccines to jump-start the stalled economy in one of the world’s most tourism-dependent regions. Clear waters and warm sand attracted a record 31.5 […]