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April 15, 2022 at 7:57 pm

Traveling to Haiti or Jamaica? They just changed their COVID-19 testing requirements

International visitors to Jamaica no longer need to present a negative result from a COVID-19 antigen or PCR test taken within 72 hours before landing.

December 20, 2021 at 9:57 am

Aid group says kidnapped missionaries in Haiti escaped from violent 400 Mawozo gang

The last 12 Christian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti and held in captivity for two months found their freedom by escaping, according to their charity group,...

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November 29, 2021 at 1:33 pm

Barbados turns 55 by finally cutting ties with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II

Barbados is turning 55 and the milestone anniversary is taking on an added significance. The once-prosperous sugar colony and jewel in the British empire is...

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November 16, 2021 at 8:36 am

DHS watchdog declined to investigate border patrol horseback conduct with Haitian migrants

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has “declined to investigate” the conduct of horse-mounted border patrol officers in Del Rio, Texas, chasing...

August 16, 2021 at 8:02 am

As Haiti reels from earthquake and deals with discord, leader expects election delay

Steeped in multiple crises at once, Haiti may not reconstitute a government as soon as previously thought. A powerful earthquake rattled the country’s southern peninsula...

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July 11, 2021 at 9:27 am

Biden sends senior officials to Haiti amid power struggle and request for troops

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — President Joe Biden dispatched a delegation of U.S. officials to Haiti on Sunday after its interim government requested U.S. security and investigative...

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April 11, 2021 at 1:19 pm

Volcano eruption in St. Vincent brings new worries: Destruction of parts of the country

The eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which saw the eruption of its La Soufriere volcano for the first time in 42...

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January 25, 2021 at 2:56 pm

All travelers to U.S., no matter where they’re coming from, need negative coronavirus test

MIAMI — Starting Tuesday, all travelers to the U.S. will have to test negative for COVID-19 within three days before their flights, even if the...

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November 26, 2020 at 8:25 am

Did the US steal an island covered in bird poop from Haiti? A fortune is in dispute

MIAMI — When the eccentric rapper Kanye West made headlines last month claiming the president of Haiti had gifted him an island to which a...

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Hurricane Maria survivors in Salybia, a farming village in Dominica’s Kalinago territory, receive rations of rice, tuna, lentils, flour and salt that were being distributed by U.N. humanitarian agencies in cooperation with the government and local authorities. (Jacqueline Charles/TNS)

November 3, 2017 at 4:00 pm

After hurricane, ‘return to happiness’ isn’t easy

The trauma from Irma and Maria’s one-two punch is creating a sense of hopelessness and powerlessness among survivors. Shelter managers and mental health experts in...

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