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.
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.
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’s Provisional Electoral Council suspended voting for senators in the Central Plateau department after violence disrupted the process there in at least three cities.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Negotiations continue 10 days after the French government signed an accord ending the general strike that had paralyzed Martinique since Feb. 5.
A 44-day general strike in Guadeloupe ended with an agreement—but union leaders are under investigation as unrest spreads to the French overseas departments of Martinique and La Réunion.
