Will the US election put the brakes on any attempt to engage with Cuba?
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Cuban has yo-yoed on and off the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. Is the Biden administration changing that?
Puerto Rico has a fraught history with tropical storms, and climate change is making them more damaging.
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Hardening electric transmission systems and monitoring ocean temperatures are two key priorities.
Sargassum washes ashore in large, smelly mats. Clearing it away isn’t easy.
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A leading driver of this seaweed invasion is pollution, carried down rivers and into the Atlantic Ocean from the continents.
Zoologist Elizabeth Morrison receives the Jamaican giant galliwasp from Mike Rutherford, a curator at the University of Glasgow, on April 22, 2024.
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Not all reparations involve money. Returning unique scientific resources is also a way of showing respect and righting past harms.
Kenyan special forces police arrive in Haiti to help the country fight its armed gangs.
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There is a long, and often ugly, history of foreign intervention in Haiti.
Much of Haiti is in the control of armed gang leaders such as Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier.
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Kenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African leader − and one that comes as Haiti’s crisis spirals.
Haitians deported from the Dominican Republic head back across the border.
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With legal routes to the US curtailed, many Haitians are looking to cross the border into the Dominican Republic − but a shaky reception awaits.
Public water shortages have left people scrambling for alternatives on many of the islands, including Cuba.
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Water is everywhere, but freshwater supplies are limited on many Caribbean islands. Rising demand and climate change are worsening water shortages for the people who live here.
Girls carry a dying sheep in the Cconchaccota community of the Apurimac region of Peru as more than 3,000 communities in the central and southern Andes experience its driest period in half a century in November 2022.
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Girls bear the brunt of the climate crisis. It’s time we bring them to the centre of international climate policy.
A demonstrator waves a Haitian flag during protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince on March 1, 2024. The current crisis demands both time, and a new approach from the international community.
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Haiti will be able to emerge from the crisis it is in if it has a strong public administration and co-ordinated international aid from countries that respect human rights.
Chaos on the streets of Port-au-Prince.
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Can a multinational security mission provide Haiti with a stable future? Not without sustained funding for after the troops leave.
The leader between the violence in Haiti, Jimmy Chérizier, speaking to the media in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2021.
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Haiti is descending into anarchy, causing the gang leader behind the violence to emerge as the country’s most powerful leader.
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Haiti is facing a wave of chaos as gang violence grips the country.
Protesters in El Salvador declare ‘Yes to democracy. No to authoritarianism’ during a demonstration on Jan. 14, 2024.
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A survey of people across 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean found widespread concern over the economy and crime.
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Montserrat.
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One prominent theme is a reevaluation of Ireland’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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After Dominica was devastated by Hurricane Maria, it wanted a climate-resilient future.
An Amazon poison frog (Ranitomeya amazonica).
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New research looks at how different species have managed to cross geographic barriers throughout history and whether their individual traits played a crucial role in these journeys.
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The mention of the Falklands/Malvinas territorial dispute in an EU document shows that, post-Brexit, Brussels no longer feels beholden to toe the UK’s line on sovereignty.
Haitian authorities are fighting a losing battle against organized gangs.
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The recent kidnapping of a US nurse has put a focus on the plight of Haitians living with organized crime every day. But few governments are willing to intervene.
A dancer with Tribal Carnival is helped into her costume ahead of the King and Queen Show, part of Toronto Caribbean Carnival, on Aug. 3, 2023.
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Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival brings festivities and fun to the city every summer. But beyond the dances and parades, carnivals are and should be places to protest and raise awareness of injustices.