Troops can tweet from Guantánamo again

HUNGER STRIKE

Military defense lawyers cite My Lai massacre in plea to Hagel

Uniformed defense lawyers for alleged Guantánamo terrorists invoked the Vietnam War’s My Lai mass...

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantánamo prison

The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantánam...

CUBA

Fiber optic cable linking Cuba to Jamaica active

Cuba has activated a branch of its submarine fiber optic cable that connects to Jamaica, giving it greater ...

CUBA

Annual U.S. report on religious freedoms says Cuba eased some controls but still imposed many restrictions

U.S. State Department finds some religious reforms but says controls on Cuban churches remain strong

Venezuela

Pro-government TV host at center of Venezuelan tape scandal steps down

Mario Silva, whose alleged comments provoked a brewing government scandal in Venezuela, stepped down from h...

Cuba

Gloria Estefan delivers a message of freedom in the Vatican

During a brief encounter with Pope Francis, Gloria Estefan asked him to keep the plight of Cubans in mind

Venezuela

Chávez ally paints picture of power struggles in alleged tape

Venezuela’s opposition released a tape of a conversation that pro-government television host Mario S...

Cuba

Ladies in White say they want both material and moral support

Members of the Cuban opposition group were in Miami the same day that Cuba’s traditional Independenc...

Coffee

Colombia’s fight against coffee blight may show the way for stricken Central America

As coffee-leaf rust sweeps through Central America and Mexico, Colombian farmers are just beginning to emer...

U.S. COAST GUARD

3 held on drug charges following arrest at sea

Details have emerged on the Coast Guard’s interdiction of a boat carrying cocaine off the coast of P...

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...

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CUBA

Canadian goes on trial in Havana for corruption scandal

Sarkis Yacoubian says he will plead guilty to one charge, but that he’s innocent of other corruptio...

7 migrants returned to Cuba by U.S. Coast Guard

Seven Cuban migrants have been returned to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, after arriving off the Keys.

CUBA

Cubans more optimistic about Castro’s economic changes

Cubans appear to be growing more optimistic about ruler Raul Castro’s economic reforms and large maj...

CUBA

Fiber optic cable linking Cuba to Jamaica active

Cuba has activated a branch of its submarine fiber optic cable that connects to Jamaica, giving it greater ...

Cuba

Gloria Estefan delivers a message of freedom in the Vatican

During a brief encounter with Pope Francis, Gloria Estefan asked him to keep the plight of Cubans in mind

Venezuela

Pro-government TV host at center of Venezuelan tape scandal steps down

Mario Silva, whose alleged comments provoked a brewing government scandal in Venezuela, stepped down from h...

CUBA

Annual U.S. report on religious freedoms says Cuba eased some controls but still imposed many restrictions

U.S. State Department finds some religious reforms but says controls on Cuban churches remain strong

Cuba

Ladies in White say they want both material and moral support

Members of the Cuban opposition group were in Miami the same day that Cuba’s traditional Independenc...

Venezuela

Chávez ally paints picture of power struggles in alleged tape

Venezuela’s opposition released a tape of a conversation that pro-government television host Mario S...

Cuba Nostalgia allows for a stroll down memory lane

Cuba Nostalgia, a three-day event that celebrates pre-Castro Cuba, once again drew those wanting to relive ...

Cuban balsero census being taken by Brothers to the Rescue leader at Cuba Nostalgia

If you are a Cuban balsero and were spotted in the Florida Straits by a Brothers to the Rescue plane betwee...

Haiti president defends first 2 years in office

Haitian President Michel Martelly defended his administration Tuesday as he marked two years in office, poi...

Haiti

Haitian music, culture take center stage at Compas Fest

Eviction fears haunt Haiti camps after attacks

Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a ...

Haiti

Haiti’s ex-President Aristide breaks silence

Two years after his surprise return from seven years in exile, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Arist...

Haiti

Haiti travel getting competition

Pending approval, JetBlue Airways plans to offer flights to Haiti. Meanwhile, IBC Airways is teaming up wit...

Haiti

Ex-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appears in court, draws crowd

Ex-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, little seen in public since his return home two years ago, was...

Miamians build a bakery for Haiti’s abandoned children

The kids have found a haven in Zanmi Beni Children’s Home (‘Blessed Friends’ in Creole).

Haiti

Cholera cases down but disease still deadly in Haiti

As the rainy season looms, cholera is still a deadly threat in Haiti, where resources to combat the disease...

REMITTANCES

IDB: Remittances sent to Latin America and the Caribbean on the upswing

A new Inter-American Development Bank report shows remittances sent to the region in 2012 reached $61.3 bil...

Dominican Republic

Haitian businessman wanted in U.S. is arrested in Dominican Republic

Rodolphe Jaar is wanted for drug trafficking in the United States

Haiti

Haiti launches vaccination campaign against fatal childhood diseases

Haiti joins the international community in launching a nationwide vaccination campaign to save children ...

Globovision owners hint at toned-down news stance

The new owners of Venezuela's only television channel to take critical stands against the government say th...

Pacific Alliance Summit

In bloc-happy Latin America, the Pacific Alliance hopes to stand out

The four nations of the Pacific Alliance — Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru — are holding a s...

Venezuela

Pro-government TV host at center of Venezuelan tape scandal steps down

Mario Silva, whose alleged comments provoked a brewing government scandal in Venezuela, stepped down from h...

CUBA

Fiber optic cable linking Cuba to Jamaica active

Cuba has activated a branch of its submarine fiber optic cable that connects to Jamaica, giving it greater ...

Venezuela parliament resumes 3 weeks after brawl

Venezuela's parliament roared back to life Tuesday with fractious debates between government and opposition...

Venezuela

Chávez ally paints picture of power struggles in alleged tape

Venezuela’s opposition released a tape of a conversation that pro-government television host Mario S...

Venezuela opposition: Audio suggest Cuban meddling

Venezuela's opposition has released an audio recording that it says contains a prominent member of the ruli...

Dissident ex-general released in Venezuela

Venezuelan authorities have released a dissident ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest af...

Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums

Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling...

Venezuelans scrambling to find scarce toilet paper

Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite ...

Venezuela food maker denies blame for shortages

Venezuela's biggest food company on Monday hit back at President Nicolas Maduro's claims that it's to blame...

Pacific Alliance Summit

In bloc-happy Latin America, the Pacific Alliance hopes to stand out

The four nations of the Pacific Alliance — Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru — are holding a s...

Coffee

Colombia’s fight against coffee blight may show the way for stricken Central America

As coffee-leaf rust sweeps through Central America and Mexico, Colombian farmers are just beginning to emer...

Colombia

U.S. exports gain in first year of U.S.-Colombia trade pact

Colombian Saint

Madre Laura named Colombia’s first saint

Colombia

Colombia’s capital banks on marijuana cure for hard drug addicts

Colombian kingpin faces drug charges in Miami, New York after extradition

The accused drug kingpin, designated by the U.S. government as one of the “most significant” ...

THE AMERICAS | ECONOMIC GROWTH

IDB: Challenges ahead despite growth in Latin America, Caribbean

The Inter-American Development Bank concludes its 54th annual meeting with a call for more reforms to spur ...

Colombia

Even the young are caught up in Medellín gang wars

Venezuela

Isla Presidencial: Venezuelan Internet spoof on presidents attracts serious fans

‘Isla Presidencial,’ an Internet cartoon that pillories politicos, may be at a crossroads now...

“Cocaine godmother” Griselda Blanco gunned down in Colombia

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Tensions linger between Colombia and Ecuador

Ecuador today will begin imposing stiff tariffs on hundreds of Colombian imports, the latest round in a fes...