A group of Haitian immigrants agreed to end an encampment they and family members held for more than a month in front of the Labor Ministry in Santo Domingo.
The US has “between five to seven different transition plans” for achieving a “democratic, market-oriented society” in Cuba, according to documents filed in federal court.
About 100 Haitian immigrant workers protested in front of the Labor Ministry in Santo Domingo, while hundreds more blocked a bridge at the border in the northwest.
A prosecutor met with former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide for about 30 minutes to discuss criminal complaints accusing Aristide of theft, swindling and abuse of confidence.
Spanish national Angel Carromero, sentenced to four years in Cuba for the car accident that killed dissidents Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero, will serve out his sentence in Spain.
The government of Puerto Rico has responded to a scathing report from the US Justice Department by agreeing to reform the island’s police department.
A new luxury hotel is launched with the help of $2 million from the Clinton Bush Fund, while tens of thousands of earthquake survivors continue to live under tents.
One resident was killed by police and three were wounded in protests that broke out in the city of Jérémie after a Brazilian company pulled out of a highway repair project.
Students paralyzed much of downtown Port-au-Prince with a week of protests after a police agent shot a student dead during a university function.
Dominicans continue to protest at home and abroad against a package of tax increases supposedly intended to fight a $4.7 billion fiscal deficit.
Gov. Luis G. Fortuño conceded defeat in his bid for a second four-year term, but his allies claimed statehood supporters had won in a referendum held the same day.
A medical student was shot dead as police attempted to break up a demonstration by students at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) protesting a “fiscal reform.”
