Haiti
Haitian prime minister survives weekend assassination attempt -PM’s office
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday commemorating the Caribbean...
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Mexico asylum applications surge in 2021, Haitians top list
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The number of asylum applications in Mexico nearly doubled in 2021 from two...
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Jamaica to deport Colombian wanted in Haiti president assassination
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - A former Colombian military member implicated in last year's assassination of Haiti President Jovenel...
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Panama sees massive jump of unlawful migration in 2021
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A record wave of unauthorized migrants entered Panama this year from Colombia, according to government data...
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Mexico to promote job creation schemes in Caribbean, official says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico plans to promote job creation programs in the Caribbean that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador...
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After weeks walking, Mexico migrant caravan splits up on buses headed north
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Several hundred migrants that left southern Mexico in a caravan two months...
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Haitians mourn victims of fuel truck blast as anger simmers
By Gessika Thomas PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Haitians on Tuesday mourned victims of a fuel truck blast that killed 90...
Read moreHaitians celebrate as UNESCO declares ‘joumou’ pumpkin soup cultural heritage
By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) - Haitians on Thursday celebrated U.N. cultural agency UNESCO'S declaration that...
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U.S. and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released by gang
By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) -The last 12 Canadian and American missionaries from a group kidnapped in October...
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Haiti truck blast death toll rises to 75 as doctors scramble to treat wounded
By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) -The death toll from a fuel truck explosion in Haiti rose...
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‘Poor Haiti, one thing after another,’ pope says of deadly blast
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday asked for prayers for the victims of a fuel truck explosion that...
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Mexican border towns see migrant arrivals grow as old policy resumes
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A new wave of migrants is arriving at the Mexican border due south...
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Haiti searches for victims of fuel truck blast that killed 60
By Gessika Thomas CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) -Haitian authorities on Tuesday searched for victims from a fuel truck explosion in the...
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Cast out of U.S., Haiti migrant drops American Dream for second go in Chile
By Gessika Thomas, Ivan Alvarado and Daina Beth Solomon PORT-AU-PRINCE/PEUMO, Chile (Reuters) - Like thousands of other Haitian migrants, Eric...
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Haiti’s Moise was probing officials linked to drug trade when he was killed: NYT
(Reuters) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise was compiling a list of officials and businessmen linked to the drug trade before...
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Omicron will spread through Americas in time, warns regional health agency
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has so far been detected in the Americas in Argentina, Brazil,...
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Three missionaries released in Haiti following October kidnapping
By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) - Three missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti in October have been released, the U.S. State...
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Thousands of Haitians gather at encampment in southern Mexico, demanding help
By Jose Luis Gonzalez TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Several thousand Haitian migrants have camped outside a stadium in the southern...
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‘We need to work’: Hundreds of migrants form new U.S.-bound caravan in Mexico
By Jose Luiz Gonzalez TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of Central American and Haitian migrants formed a new caravan on...
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Mexico pulls migrants from southern “prison” city, warding off another caravan
By Jose Torres and Jose Luis Gonzalez TAPACHULA (Reuters) - Mexican officials have begun dispersing several hundred migrants gathered in...
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