The Caribbean

Haiti: camp residents continue protests

In the largest protest to date by Haitians left homeless by the massive January earthquake, hundreds of people marched in Port-au-Prince to demand immediate measures to provide decent housing.

The Caribbean

Haiti: board approves 19 presidential candidates

Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council approved 19 and rejected 15 of the 34 who applied to run for the presidency in elections scheduled for Nov. 28. Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean was among the rejected.

The Caribbean

Haiti: bands compete in election campaign

A total of 33 candidates met the deadline for filing to run for president in Haiti’s November elections. But critics assert that real power lies with Bill Clinton, who “reigns as lord and master over Haiti.”

The Caribbean

Haitians and Brazilians protest UN occupation

Haitians protested in Port-au-Prince, Hinche, St-Marc and other cities to mark the 95th anniversary of the start of the 1915-1934 US military occupation of their country—and protest the new UN occupation.

The Caribbean

Puerto Rico: marchers protest repression

Thousands of people marched in front of the Puerto Rican police headquarters on Roosevelt Avenue in San Juan’s Hato Rey neighborhood to demand the removal of police chief José Figueroa Sancha.

The Caribbean

Haiti: elections set, disputes continue

Haitian president René Préval rejected changes US senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) proposed for presidential and legislative elections that are now scheduled for Nov. 28.

The Caribbean

Puerto Rico: cops attack students at Capitol

Dozens of demonstrators were injured at Puerto Rico’s Capitol building when riot police used batons and tear gas to keep hundreds of students from entering a session of the Legislature.