The Caribbean

Haiti: Monsanto offers “poisoned present”?

Haiti’s agriculture ministry accepted a “gift” of 523.6 tons of hybrid corn seeds and 2,067 kg of vegetable seeds from the Monsanto Company—despite activist fears that they are genetically modified.

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Puerto Rico: cops try to isolate student strikers

Police took control of the entrances to the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan in an effort to cut off student protesters on the campus from supporters outside.

The Caribbean

Haiti: opposition protests “emergency law”

The Haitian Senate approved an 18-month extension of the state of emergency President René Préval decreed after the Jan. 12 earthquake devastated the capital area—sparking opposition protests.

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Caribbean: May Day marches focus on “sacrifice”

Cuban president Raúl Castro led some 800,000 in the traditional May Day march to Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución, saying survival of the socialist system will require “extraordinary sacrifices.”

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Puerto Rico: students strike against budget cuts

As of April 25 students were continuing an occupation of the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in San Juan to protest plans to cut next year’s budget by $100 million.

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Haiti: cops evict earthquake survivors

Agents of the National Police of Haiti began removing some 1,300 families—about 7,335 people—from Port-au-Prince’s Sylvio Cator soccer stadium.

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Haiti: president satisfied with donor meeting

Haitian president René Préval expressed his satisfaction with the results of an international donors meeting held by the UN in New York to discuss rebuilding Haiti.