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Haitian prosecutors seek to interview PM over presidential killing
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's chief public prosecutor invited Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Friday to meet with him next week...
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Taiwan says China using Honduras election to ‘create controversy’
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan accused China on Friday of seeking to use the Honduran election to "create controversy" and undermine...
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Migrant caravan in Mexico presses on, meets growing resistance
By Jose Torres MAPASTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican immigration agents and security forces stepped up efforts to halt the progress...
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‘Trying to survive’: Scrap metal recycling brings cash in Haiti post-earthquake
By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - After a devastating earthquake leveled tens of thousands of homes in Haiti,...
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Pope sends personal funds for Haiti, Bangladesh, Vietnam aid
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has sent more than 350,000 euros ($411,000) in charity funds at his personal disposal...
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‘Everyone was crying’: Grieving Haitians bury their dead a week after quake
By Laura Gottesdiener MARCELINE, Haiti (Reuters) -Families gathered in villages in southwestern Haiti this weekend for church and funeral services...
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‘He never stood a chance’: the fateful downfall of Haiti’s president
By Dave Graham and Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise began this year by warning that his...
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Haiti faces anger and despair a week after quake, fanning security fears
By Laura Gottesdiener and Ricardo Arduengo MARCELINE, Haiti (Reuters) -Tensions in Haiti were rising on Saturday over a lack of...
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Jamaica announces coronavirus lockdown with health system on brink
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaica will prohibit residents from leaving their homes for seven days spread over three...
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Storm Grace lashes Mexico’s Caribbean coast, enters Gulf of Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Tropical storm Grace dumped heavy rain on Mexico's Caribbean coast on Thursday but appeared to have spared...
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Foreign aid trickles in to rural Haiti amid struggle to count victims
By Laura Gottesdiener CAVAILLON, Haiti (Reuters) -A drip of foreign aid began to reach more rural areas of southwestern Haiti...
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NHC says hurricane Grace makes landfall along Eastern Yucatan Peninsula
(Reuters) - Category 1 hurricane Grace made landfall along the eastern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, near Tulum, the U.S. National...
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Tremors strike Haitian city still reeling from quake
LES CAYES (Reuters) -Tremors shook buildings late on Wednesday in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, a Reuters witness...
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Quake leaves Haiti ‘on its knees’ as impatience grows over lack of aid
By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) -An earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people in Haiti had left the...
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Haiti quake leaves small businesses in ruins, compounding woes
By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES (Reuters) - Days before a powerful earthquake struck, Rosemond Clermont paid the $1,554 rent on...
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Leading Cuban dissident ordered to serve four year prison sentence
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has revoked the right to home detention of leading dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer and ordered him...
Read more‘She is really suffering’: mothers beg aid for children hurt in Haiti quake
By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - Seventeen-month-old Esther Sanon lay on a mat in the overflowing hospital of...
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U.S. has no current plans to deploy military to Haiti -U.S. national security advisor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no current plans to deploy U.S. military personnel to Haiti after an earthquake...
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Strengthening storm Grace pummels Jamaica with heavy rain, wind
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Grace pounded Jamaica with heavy rain and wind on Tuesday after causing...
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Haiti quake death toll should be far below 2010 disaster: USAID
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The death toll from Haiti's earthquake on Saturday is unlikely to be "anywhere near" a 2010 quake...
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