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.
A series of wildcat strikes continue to shut down an industrial park on Port-au-Prince’s northern outskirts.
On Aug. 13 leaders of the Dominican Medical Guild (CMD) and the National Union of Nursing Services (UNASED) announced the suspension of a strike they started on July 29 over salaries. The unionists said the suspension was based on what… Read moreDominican Republic: medical strike suspended
Haiti’s President René Préval refused to promulgate a new law raising the minimum wage. prompting workers to shut down the Sonapi factory complex on Port-au-Prince’s northern outskirts.
