Haiti: students protest for minimum wage

Students have repeatedly clashed with security forces in Haiti this month in protests over the failure of President René Préval to raise the minimum wage.

Puerto Rico: thousands protest layoffs

In one of the largest demonstrations in recent Puerto Rican history, tens of thousands marched to protest plans by Gov. Luis Fortuño to lay off government workers and privatize public services.

Haiti: protests over lynching in Dominican Republic

Dozens of Haitian activists held a sit-in at the Dominican embassy in Port-au-Prince to protest the lynching of a Haitian national in Santo Domingo days earlier.

Curaçao: Hezbollah connection in narco bust?

Seventeen people were arrested on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao for involvement in a drug-trafficking ring with connections to Hezbollah, the police there said.

Haiti: violence, abstention mar election

Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council suspended voting for senators in the Central Plateau department after violence disrupted the process there in at least three cities.

Dominican Republic: police attack medical workers

Six striking doctors were lightly injured when Dominican police suppressed a peaceful march by doctors and nurses near the Darío Contreras hospital in eastern Santo Domingo.

Latin leftists bash Obama at Caribbean confab

At the Trinidad summit, Evo Morales accused the US of a “policy of conspiracy” against Bolivia, while Nicaragua’s Danial Ortega reiterated more than a century of imperialist outrages.

Cuba, Venezuela cheer as US files new charges against Posada Carriles

US prosecutors filed an indictment charging that ex-CIA “asset” Luis Posada Carriles perjured himself when he told immigration authorities he was not involved in the bombing of two Havana hotels in 1997.

Dominican Republic: layoffs hit FTZs

At least 5,000 workers have been laid off recently in free trade zone (FTZ) factories in the Dominican Republic’s Santiago province, according to the United Unions Federation, which is made up of 38 unions in the northern Dominican Republic. FTZs… Read moreDominican Republic: layoffs hit FTZs

Haiti: UN head pushes more FTZs

At an international donors conference in Washington, DC in mid-April, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon says he will seek new “free-trade zones” and industrial parks plans for Haiti.

Haiti: Lavalas marches, students protest

Former US president Bill Clinton and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Haiti on March 9 along with a large group of private investors for a 24-hour visit they said was aimed at increasing international aid for the country…. Read moreHaiti: Lavalas marches, students protest

Martinique: accord signed, strike suspended

Negotiations continue 10 days after the French government signed an accord ending the general strike that had paralyzed Martinique since Feb. 5.