President Martelly called Baby Doc's death a "sad occasion," but for others the sad part was that the ex-dictator would never face trial for corruption and rights abuses.
His advisers warned Kissinger that attacking Cuba could provoke a confrontation with the Soviet Union, but the secretary of state was determined to "humiliate" Castro.
Nearly a fifth of Haiti's maternal deaths follow clandestine abortions, but the government still hasn't released a May 2013 document recommending repeal of the abortion law.
The UN is thinking about reducing its "peacekeeping" force in Haiti to a few thousand soldiers and police agents; activists in Argentina want a reduction to zero.
The government of Haiti's Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly faces still more accusations that it is using the criminal justice system to persecute opponents of its policies.
Even some of Aristide's opponents doubt the qualifications of the judge investigating charges of corruption during the former president's second term.
Gen.Hugo Carvajal, a top Venezuelan official wanted in the US on drug trafficking charges, was arrested in Aruba—but freed by the courts before he could be extradited.
The World Bank is pushing for the exploitation of northern Haiti's supposed $20 billion worth of gold, copper and silver. Activists are asking where the profits would go.
Just four months after AP reported on the US "Cuban Twitter" program, the wire service has revealed the existence of another program to "stir rebellion" among Cuban youth.
The UN general secretary visited Haiti to insist that the world organization is fighting the cholera epidemic that it started; Haitians aren't buying it.
Europe, China and Russia look for new money-making opportunities as Cuba continues the process of opening up its economy.
US entertainment and fashion celebrities honor Haiti's President Michel Martelly in New York—while his government imprisons opposition activists back home.
