The Cuban government says Wilmar Villar Mendoza wasn’t a political prisoner and hadn’t been on a hunger strike before his death; the US calls him a “courageous defender of human rights.”
Efforts to help Haiti recover from a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the southern part of the country in 2010 have made significant progress, according to the UN and the Haitian government.
Puerto Rico will hold a plebiscite on the island’s status in November—but the questions put before voters appear to benefit Gov. Luis Fortuño’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party.
Hundreds of Dominicans of Haitian origin demonstrated in Santo Domingo to protest a court ruling that they say lets the election board invalidate the citizenship of some 4,000 people.
Brazilian soldiers, “peacekeepers” with a United Nations force Haiti, detained two water delivery workers and a friend without cause, robbing them and beating them repeatedly.
Two North American apparel companies are telling their Haiti subcontractors to reinstate recently fired union officers as the Haitian assembly industry faces mounting criticism.
Heads of state from 33 countries met in Caracas for the first summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), a new regional bloc that, unlike the OAS, includes Cuba—but excludes the United States and Canada.
Haitian activists have started an international campaign to force Port-au-Prince apparel assembly plants to rehire six union members who were allegedly dismissed for their union activities.
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) acknowledges that it has received a petition for relief filed on behalf of the victims of a cholera epidemic brought by UN troops.
Haitian police arrested opposition legislative deputy Arnel Bélizaire at the Port-au-Prienc airport as he returned from an official visit to France and then whisked him to the National Penitentiary, sparking protests against President Michel Martelly.
Activists demanded the withdrawal of the thousands of UN “peacekeepers” in Haiti UN mission and called for the UN to pay compensation for the country’s current cholera epidemic.
Right-wing Puerto Rican governor Luis Fortuño is scrambling to control damage from a report by the US Justice Department condemning unconstitutional conduct by the island’s police force.
