The relation of climate change to extreme weather remains controversial in the US, but it seems to be widely accepted by government officials in the Caribbean.
Economic damage from Sandy was extensive, with banana, coffee, bean and sugar crops ruined in the eastern region; 11 were killed, and thousands of homes destroyed.
Hurricane Sandy hit eastern Jamaica directly, causing severe damage to crops and public infrastructure, but the IMF won’t give up its insistence on austerity measures.
Haiti suffered the worst damage of the Caribbean nations that Sandy affected, even though the storm’s center never passed over the country.
The Port-au-Prince chief prosecutor Jean Renel Sénatus was fired after he refused to arrest 36 Martelly opponents, including three lawyers who challenged the president’s record.
Spanish national Angel Francisco Carromero gets four years in the automobile accident that killed well-known dissident Oswaldo Payá—but Cuba and Spain may make a deal.
A right-wing Spanish politician with a history of speeding went on trial for allegedly causing a car accident in which the well-known Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá was killed.
A series of demonstrations that started in Cap-Haïtien to protest rising food prices and alleged government corruption continued in various cities—including Brooklyn, NY.
Thousands demonstrated in several cities to protest government corruption and a rise in the cost of basic foods. Hopes for an increase in the minimum wage may add to the tensions.
An oil spill at a refinery operated by the Venezuelan parastatal PDVSA on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao threatens a nature reserve which is a critical flamingo habitat.
The death of a pregnant 16-year-old with leukemia has reignited controversy over the 2010 Constitution’s Article 37, which bans all abortions, even when the mother’s life is in danger.
Police agents used tear gas to stop a group of Dominican youths of Haitian descent from marching to demand that the government respect their rights as citizens.
