Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council rejected 16 of the 69 parties that submitted candidates for upcoming legislative elections—including the Lavalas Family of ex-president Jean Bertrand Aristide.
Chilean troops from the Brazilian-led United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) wounded one local man when they opened fire on a crowd in Grand-Goâve.
One was killed and one wounded in protests over power outages in the northern Dominican province of Santiago last week. At least two others have died in protests over blackouts this year.
The Security Council approved a one-year extension of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), as President Obama certified Haiti as having fulfilled workers’ rights criteria.
Santiago Alvarez, underwriter of accused right-wing Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and himself convicted in weapons stockpiling, was released from US immigration custody.
A one-day general strike protesting plans to lay off 16,970 of Puerto Rico’s 180,000 public employees in November shut down all state-owned enterprises on the island Oct. 15.
Citing a favorable investment climate, a George Soros fund and partners announced a new “West Indies Free Zone” for Haiti—after the government turned back efforts to raise the minimum wage.
Released CIA documents reveal that Luis Posada Carriles built bombs for use against Cuban ships in Veracruz—as the Agency groomed him for a “civil position” in post-Castro Cuba.
Four Puerto Rican union leaders chained themselves to the gates of the governor’s official residence to protest plans to lay off 16,970 of the island’s 180,000 public employees.
Brazilian activists rallied and delivered an open letter to the UN Information Center in Rio de Janeiro opposing the continued presence of Brazilian troops in Haiti.
Brazilian and US commerce representatives ratified a plan to allow Brazilian companies operating in Haiti to export products to the US without paying customs fees.
Haitian riot police clashed with students occupying campus buildings in Port-au-Prince in solidarity with workers demanding a minimum wage hike.
