Local residents protested against the Barrick Gold Corporation’s giant Pueblo Viejo gold mine, which they said is contaminating water and affecting their health and their crops.
Puerto Rican legal experts say that a revised Penal Code that Gov. Luis Fortuño that signed into law last month dramatically increases penalties for civil disobedience.
The Pueblo Viejo gold mine at CotuĂ in the Dominican Republic is set to start operations, Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corporation announcedâdespite local protests.
The first plant in a giant “free trade zone” (FTZ) being built with international aid near Caracol in Haitiâs Northeast department went into operation at the beginning of July, with about 400 workers assembling apparel for a company identified only… Read moreHaiti: workers in new FTZ complain about wages
At least four people died in an unsuccessful effort by the Haitian National Police (PNH) on July 23 to remove some 140 families from the La Visite National Park, south of Port-au-Prince in the Southeast department. The police operation–which included… Read moreHaiti: four killed in police raid at national park
Environmentalist Alberto de JesĂșs is on a 1,100-mile journey from Venezuela to Puerto Rico by kayak to publicize the situation of Oscar LĂłpez Rivera, an independence fighter who has been imprisoned in the US for 31 years.
More than 1,000 Haitians marched through downtown Port-au-Prince to protest a plan to destroy homes they’ve built on hillsides overlooking the city; many of them lost their previous homes in the 2010 earthquake.
Brazilian soldiers from the UN “stabilization” mission made three attempts to enter part of the State University of Haiti by force, the latest violation of a university space by UN troops.
Leading French cholera expert Dr. Renaud Piarroux thinks the Haitian epidemic could be stopped in months with chlorine and clean waterâwhile the UN and the US media are pushing a dubious vaccination drive.
The American Civil Liberties Union released a report alleging widespread abuses by the Puerto Rico Police Departmentâincluding deadly force to suppress protesters, sexual assault, and targeting of racial minorities.
The Puerto Rican public school system is initiating a program to replace Spanish with English as the language used in teaching most courses, despite warnings from teachers that it won’t work.
In a new assertion of power by Haiti’s officially disbanded army, more than 100 people claiming to be former soldiers marched on Port-au-Prince in uniform; some carried weapons. Haitian police and UN troops made about 50 arrests.
