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

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Cuban food production drops despite reforms

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Guantánamo hunger strike tally hits 102

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CUBA

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A quince party in Cuba: a real fairytale to be recalled at this weekend’s Cuba Nostalgia

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CUBA

Canadian jailed in Havana corruption scandal speaks out

Colombia

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

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Canada to help Caribbean youths with university education

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Guantánamo: 30 of the 100 hunger strikers now being tube-fed

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Paquita la del Barrio sings of the wrongs that men do

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Crop fields hold hope in Haiti

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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...

In the camps

Guantánamo hunger strike tally hits 102

Military officials would not comment on whether the current 102 hunger strikers include alleged 9/11 conspi...

CUBA

Cuban dissident says racism remains a grave problem

Manuel Cuesta Morua says Cuban blacks need affirmative action to catch up to whites.

CUBA

Cuban food production drops despite reforms

Part of the decline could be the result of devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in agriculture-rich Easter...

In my opinion

A quince party in Cuba: a real fairytale to be recalled at this weekend’s Cuba Nostalgia

Like many teenage girls in Cuba, Lydia Hortensia de Castroverde yearned to be a quinceañera — t...

CUBA

Canadian jailed in Havana corruption scandal speaks out

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CUBA

Cuba government minister reports on corruption in international deals and gas

The Cuban cabinet hears about irregularities in international deals and the growing problem of gasoline the...

Miami

Cuban hunger striker begins tour in Miami

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Cuba

Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, visits Miami

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Cuba

Cuba’s Ladies in White leader meets Pope Francis

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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

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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...

Ex-Haitian leader criticizes gov't over poverty

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide emerged from months of seclusion for a second straight day ...

Haiti

Haiti travel getting competition

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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...

Thousands follow ex-Haiti president after court

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide made a rare public appearance Wednesday and thousands of su...

More Haitians using Puerto Rico as migrant route

Haitians have been fleeing their troubled country for years, trying to reach the U.S. or other Caribbean is...

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...

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

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Venezuela food maker denies blame for shortages

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Venezuela's 'Carlos the Jackal' seeks repatriation

A lawyer representing the convicted terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal" is urging Venezuela's government...

ICC asked to investigate alleged Venezuela abuse

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Venezuelan politics get personal, divide families

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Venezuela: US officials get access to American

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Venezuela leader, rivals take battle on the road

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Family: No US access to man held in 'nightmare'

U.S. diplomats have been given no access to a California man held in Venezuela for nearly two weeks in what...

Honduras and Guatemala join Petrocaribe program

Venezuela's president says Honduras and Guatemala have been included in the Petrocaribe program, under whic...

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

Cocaine habits: Fake nuns in Colombia hid coke under hats

The nuns' habits didn't seem to be habitual garb for three young women so Colombian police asked them to st...

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...

Colombia

DIY demining: Colombians join the hemisphere’s first civilian bomb squad

“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...