The Caribbean
Dominican austerity protests spread abroad
Dominicans continue to protest at home and abroad against a package of tax increases supposedly intended to fight a $4.7 billion fiscal deficit.
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The Caribbean
Puerto Rico: Fortuño loses âbut did statehood win?
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.
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: student killed during protest against ‘reform’
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.”
The Caribbean
Caribbean: will Sandy force real discussion of climate change?
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.
The Caribbean
Cuba: Sandy latest in decade of devastating storms
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.
The Caribbean
Jamaica: Sandy won’t affect IMF austerity plan
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.
The Caribbean
Haiti: Sandy kills 54, threatens food supplies
Haiti suffered the worst damage of the Caribbean nations that Sandy affected, even though the storm’s center never passed over the country.
The Caribbean
Haiti: government seeks to arrest rights lawyers
The Port-au-Prince chief prosecutor Jean Renel SĂ©natus was fired after he refused to arrest 36 Martelly opponents, including three lawyers who challenged the president’s record.
The Caribbean
Cuba: Spanish rightist sentenced in dissident’s death
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.
The Caribbean
Cuba: blogger detained as trial starts in dissident’s death
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 PayĂĄ was killed.
The Caribbean
Haiti: protests follow Martelly to New York
A series of demonstrations that started in Cap-HaĂŻtien to protest rising food prices and alleged government corruption continued in various citiesâincluding Brooklyn, NY.
The Caribbean
Haiti: thousands protest corruption, rising prices
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.