INTERNATIONAL: How to Save Your Budget on Travel
For some people, travelling is worrisome not because they are scared of the unknown but because they are nervous about going broke in the process. Good news for you,…
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HAITI: Is tourism the island nation’s silver bullet?
Tourism at the top of Haiti’s agenda; millions of foreign direct investment in tourism industry; employment for locals; repercussions of new development projects. ‘Welcome to Haiti. Haiti…
Just how ‘natural’ are natural disasters? Examples from Latin America
Latin America & Caribbean are especially vulnerable to natural disasters; human interference can affect overall impact of disasters; climate change biggest manmade influence on disasters. Natural disasters are a phenomenon…
Haiti: Voodoo and the Western Imagination
Haiti: Voodoo and the Western Imagination Drive the pin into the doll. Wait for the witch, the victim and the scream - or maybe turn the football on instead. It’s…
Dominican Republic: Divide within the Dominican Revolutionary Party escalates
Divergent interests within the leadership of the Dominican Revolutionary party have created a divisive crisis within the party; The UASD is unable to pay its personnel this month due to…
Brazil: Yet another rally against high cost of World Cup
More protests against World Cup spending across Brazil; Dilma arrives in Cuba ahead of CELAC summit; Nearly 20,000 families lose homes due to World Cup. Brazil: Yet another rally against high…
Human Rights: Argentina approves reproductive assistance to same-sex couples
Argentina guarantees reproductive assistance to homosexual and heterosexual couples; Ecuadorian oil spill threatens Peruvian communities; Dominican Republic to help register Haitians Argentina approves assisted fertilisation treatment to both heterosexual and…
Haiti: The Year Ahead
Pressure mounts against the Martelly government; increasing corruption and authoritarianism; Canada pulls aid to Haiti; As we move into 2013 and as we near the third anniversary of the January…
Haiti: President Martelly meets with World Bank’s Jim Yong Kim
Haitian President Martelly meets with World Bank President; Haiti faces food crisis following Hurricane Sandy; more forced evictions in the country’s tent cities; anti-government lawyers intimidated Haitian President Martelly meets…
Argentina: Libertad crew evacuated
The crew of the impounded frigate Libertad are evacuated; politicians put on trial for Once train crash; Argentina wins election to Security Council
Human Rights: Indigenous protestors reoccupy Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam
Indigenous Protestors reoccupy Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam; Systematic torture on the rise in Mexico; Protests for access to education in Haiti continue
Ecuador: Study abroad programme will support 2,000 students
Ecuador’s pioneering study abroad programme to support 2,000 students this year; Haiti and Ecuador sign cooperation agreements; Assange’s asylum decision still in limbo.
Cuba: Cholera cases on the rise
Number of cholera cases on the rise; Castro returns from China, Vietnam, and Russia; and government proposes new cooperatives.
Chile: Naval sergeant dies of gunshot wounds in Haiti
Chilean sergeant shot in Haiti; Chile responds to change of government in Paraguay; Commission cites “very serious” errors in tsunami response; and report finds increase in sexual abuse of children
Brazil: Ms. Rousseff goes to Washington
Dilma leads delegation to the USA, the UN condemns rape trial verdict, and Brazil agrees to welcome hundreds more Haitian migrants.
The Caribbean 27/02/2012
Haitian prime minister resigns; Jamaican drug lord appeals for lenience; and the Dominican Republic’s First Lady sues a journalist for slander.
Uruguay 19/02/12
Sean Penn visits President Mujica, while demonstrations against bridge take place in Lake Garzón, and new funds for investment trigger internal disputes in the Government.
The Caribbean 16/01/2012
Dominican Republic donates a university campus to Haiti, Puerto Rico celebrates the Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián, and François Hollande visits the French Antilles.
Brazil 15/1/12
Safety concerns send orange juice prices soaring, new immigration controls target Haitian influx, and Ahmedinejad’s absence attracts attention.
Haiti 16/01/12
The two-year anniversary of the Haitian earthquake: speeches; an inauguration and outside opinion.
Brazil 19/12/11
Brazilian soldiers accused of abuses in Haiti, Brazil makes record donation for Palestine’s refugees, and a court victory for the Belo Monte dam project.
Cuba 21/11/2011
Cuba announces new options for self-employed, and further downsizing of the sugar industry bureaucracy. Haitian President Martelly makes a state visit.
Cuba 14/11/2011
Cuba celebrates its Catholic patron, appoints a new Minister of Defense, and vows to fight corruption. Mariela Castro makes a controversial foray into Twitter.
Haiti 17/10/11
Ban Ki-Moon reveals plans for Minustah in Haiti as the French-speaking world declares its ongoing support.
Haiti 10/10/11
Third time lucky? Conille ratified as new Haitian PM as Haitians march over Brooklyn Bridge.