Human rights

Human rights report highlights regional violence, abuse

The U.S. State Department released its 2011 human rights report highlighting violence in Honduras and Mexic...

War court

Prosecutors urge Guantánamo judge not to split up 9/11 trial

GAY RIGHTS

Gay Cuban Americans appalled by Mariela Castro visit

Cuban-American gay activists in Miami are dismayed by Mariela Castro events in San Francisco and New York.

CUBA

Cuba tells the U.N. it does not torture or abuse human rights

Cuban officials told a U.N. panel on torture that all complaints of mistreatment were false

War court

9/11 accused want Obama, Bush testimony at Guantánamo

Lawyers for the alleged Sept. 11 conspirators are seeking testimony from presidents and others as part of a...

CUBA

Cuba’s Catholic magazine blasts critics of Cardinal Ortega

The Catholic magazine says there’s a campaign to get rid of Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega because he&#...

CUBA

UN panel on torture wants information on Cuban prison deaths and dissident arrests

The same day the Cuban media published stories defending the island’s prison system

NY appeals court: Spy agency can withhold photo

A federal appeals court has upheld a decision allowing the CIA to withhold a photo of an alleged al-Qaida t...

WAR COURT

Accused 9/11 planners might get separate Guantánamo trials

The judge in the legal proceeding against five men accused of having roles in the 9/11 terror attacks is co...

CUBA

Prison workers used in many Cuban government enterprises

Cuban prisoners earn little to nothing while working for numerous government enterprises.

Dominican president-elect celebrates disputed win

Dominican President-elect Danilo Medina thanked his supporters Monday for a first-round win in an election ...

Venezuela's Feb. 15 vote to end term limits

Read The Miami Herald's full coverage of the key vote, and its aftermath

The changing face of immigration

In this four-part series, The Miami Herald explores the impact of a changing immigration landscape on illeg...

Haiti children face malnutrition crisis

Read all of The Miami Herald's Staff coverage of the malnutrition crisis faced by Haitian children

Full coverage of Americas Conference

The Miami Herald's coverage of the 2008 Americas Conference, which drew hundreds of participants from the h...

Vodou shrub is alternative fuel

For generations, Vodou practitioners in rural Haiti have sworn by the mystic qualities of Jatropha, an indi...

Paquita la del Barrio sings of the wrongs that men do

The titles of her songs speak volumes: Wicked Men, Low Blow, Pure Pain and Hypocrite. Then there's her mega...

CHAVEZ'S GRAND CRUSADE | PART 1 OF 4

Latin America's Money Man

With oil enriching Venezuela's coffers, President Hugo Chávez is lavishing billions on other countries, boo...

POISONED LIVES

Pollution sickens children in Dominican Republic

The illegal battery smelter so contaminated children here that some of them have been found with what are s...

FOOD CRISIS

Crop fields hold hope in Haiti

In the wake of rising food prices, Haiti turns to agriculture production that experts say requires resource...

More Miami Herald coverage

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More Miami Herald Cuba coverage

More Miami Herald Cuba coverage

CUBA

Some of Cuba’s secrets are not so secret

Once-secret phone lists and other sensitive leaked information have been linked to a contract IKEA had with...

CUBA

Havana hookers rob US chef in art show

Not funny, says critic of trips to Cuba

CUBA

Cuba’s Ladies in White have ‘tough’ meeting with Church official

The Ladies in White meeting with the archbishop of Santiago went much more smoothly than their encounter wi...

CUBA

Diplomat with Cuba experience to handle WH Latam policy

Riccardo Zuniga will take over as National Security Council director for Latin America.

CUBA

Fiber-optic cable benefiting only Cuban government

Fiber-optic cables meant to increase broadband access in Cuba is up and running but only for Cuban and Vene...

War court

Prosecutors urge Guantánamo judge not to split up 9/11 trial

GAY RIGHTS

Gay Cuban Americans appalled by Mariela Castro visit

Cuban-American gay activists in Miami are dismayed by Mariela Castro events in San Francisco and New York.

Human rights

Human rights report highlights regional violence, abuse

The U.S. State Department released its 2011 human rights report highlighting violence in Honduras and Mexic...

CUBA

Cuba’s Catholic magazine blasts critics of Cardinal Ortega

The Catholic magazine says there’s a campaign to get rid of Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega because he&#...

CUBA

Cuba tells the U.N. it does not torture or abuse human rights

Cuban officials told a U.N. panel on torture that all complaints of mistreatment were false

CUBA

UN panel on torture wants information on Cuban prison deaths and dissident arrests

The same day the Cuban media published stories defending the island’s prison system

Haiti begins cash transfer social program

The Haitian government has launched a program that uses mobile phones to transfer cash credits to mothers w...

Investors plan soccer stadium for Haiti shantytown

A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a ...

Haiti: Jailed Americans face up to 3 years

Two Americans jailed for allegedly driving a group of would-be soldiers during a protest demanding the rest...

Ex-Haiti telecom official sent to prison for nine years in Miami bribery case

A Miami federal judge sent a former top official for Haiti’s telecom company to prison for nine years ...

Haiti: Two Americans in jail charged with conspiracy

Two Americans jailed in Haiti were charged with conspiracy for participating in a street march that pressed...

Haiti

Remnants of Haiti’s army march in the capital; two Americans were among those arrested

Two Americans were among 46 people arrested during a demonstration in the capital. They are being held unde...

Remnants of Haiti's army march in the capital

Hundreds of former and would-be soldiers in Haiti refused government orders to disband and marched through ...

Haiti

New Haiti PM touts anti-poverty, pro-investments agenda

Haiti’s new Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe took office and immediately got to work, declaring ȁ...

Haiti's new PM: Mining laws being drafted

The Haitian government is drafting legislation for the newly emerging mining industry to help this impoveri...

Slavery

UN concert planned to aid slave trade memorial

A gala concert in the United Nations General Assembly Hall on Tuesday will raise funds for a planned monume...

Haiti

Wreath, new government mark Martelly’s first year at helm in Haiti

Haiti marked the first year of President Michel Martelly’s presidential term by welcoming a new Prim...

Venezuela outlaws taking guns into public places

Venezuela's government has prohibited people from possessing guns in public places in an effort to counter ...

Venezuela steps up security along Colombia border

About 3,000 Venezuelan soldiers have been sent to bolster security along the border with Colombia after the...

Venezuela: Fiber-optic cable to Cuba is working

An undersea fiber-optic cable that was laid last year between Venezuela and Cuba is working, a Venezuelan g...

Hugo Chavez back on television in Venezuela

Chavez: Negotiations helped end prison standoff

President Hugo Chavez said Monday that he personally spoke with some inmates by phone before prisoners enga...

Hundreds leave Venezuelan prison, ending standoff

A three-week prison standoff that pitted armed inmates against troops ended Friday as Venezuelan officials ...

4 killed in military helicopter crash in Venezuela

Venezuela's defense minister says a military helicopter has crashed during a training flight, killing four ...

Hundreds leave Venezuelan prison amid standoff

About 300 inmates have filed out of a troubled penitentiary where a group of armed prisoners has held off a...

Venezuela: Economy could grow as much as 7 percent

Venezuela's planning minister says the South American country's economy grew 5.6 percent during the first t...

Venezuelan foreign minister stands in for Chavez

After nearly a year of cancer treatment that has forced President Hugo Chavez to step back from the spotlig...

Venezuela: US must turn over fugitive judge

Venezuela's top diplomat says U.S. officials must turn over a former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice whose...

Colombia Violence

2 killed in Colombia bombing that targeted former Interior minister

Deadly bombing in the Colombian capital wounds former Interior Minister Jose Londoño and left , at lea...

Free Trade

U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement goes into effect

South Florida is expected to be a big beneficiary of increased trade between the two countries

Colombia bar at center of Secret Service sex scandal has a Miami branch

If you want to taste the ambience of Tu Candela, the bar in Cartagena where the alleged encounter between a...

Colombia

Colombian rebels suggest French journalist’s release may be in works

A new video of a Colombian rebel commander suggests the group may be seeking to release a French journalist...

Colombia

Magazine spread may be in the cards for woman at the center of Colombia sex scandal

Rumors are spreading in Cartagena that Dania Suárez may be trying to sell the exclusive story about he...

Colombia

Hunt for French journalist who may have fallen into Colombian rebel hands continues

Colombian authorities say they are still searching for the missing journalist who disappeared after being w...

SECRET SERVICE SCANDAL | COLOMBIA

Dance club encounter set the stage for Secret Service scandal in Colombia

The still-unfolding prostitution scandal that has snared 12 U.S. Secret Service agents began after two coup...

Secret Service scandal

Secret Service sexcapade has also embarrassed Colombians

Colombia, fighting to shed its reputation as a drug-trafficking and criminal hub, fears the public relation...

In My Opinion

Cartagena summit should not reject “democratic clause”

When I asked Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos about the ongoing U.S.-Latin American spat over Cuba&#...

DRUG WAR

Coast Guard discloses nearly two-ton Caribbean coke bust

Security

Fashionable bullet-proof wear finds growth abroad