Posts in category Caribbean News

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The founder of a cocaine-smuggling gang blamed for about 1,400 slayings has died of illnesses at a Jamaica hospital, a year …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. missionary held for more than a month in Haiti on kidnapping charges flew back to the United States after …

MIAMI (AP) — Six Haitian orphans arrived in the United States on Wednesday, four days after Haitian police seized them out of fear they were …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A French search team that wouldn’t go home pulled off another “miracle” rescue in Port-au-Prince, lifting a 17-year-old girl alive from …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Workers are carving out mass graves on a hillside north of Haiti’s capital, using earth-movers to bury 10,000 earthquake victims in …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Desperately needed aid from around the world slowly made its way Thursday into Haiti, where supply bottlenecks and a leadership vacuum …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital this week after the strongest earthquake to hit the poor Caribbean …

Haiti’s strongest earthquake in more than 200 years rocked the island nation on Tuesday, killing untold numbers of people and severely damaging several prominent buildings …

MIAMI (AP) — From his corner convenience store in Little Haiti, Ashraf Mashni sees a thriving Caribbean village. It is a short drive inland from …

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Ships from Miami steam into Jamaica’s main harbor loaded with TV sets and blue jeans. But some of the most popular …