Authorities in the Turks and Caicos have dropped charges against a retired Florida neurosurgeon and Texas businesswoman arrested at an airport after a bullet was found in their luggage.

Sarkis Yacoubian, a Canadian accused of corruption in Cuba, says he blew the lid on a major corruption scandal.

The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement marked its first anniversary Wednesday.

Guantánamo prison staff members were tube-feeding 30 of the 100 hunger-striking captives on Wednesday, the detention center said, reporting an all-time high last reached in 2005.

Celebrating its 15th year, music festival brings together Haitian fans and top entertainers to celebrate Haiti’s culture, and Flag Day.

Human rights organizations are asking Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to order troops to abandon the practice of force-feeding prisoners at Guantánamo, a move that could permit them starve to death if they choose.

Sen. Bill Nelson is pushing hard for a probe into American tourists being arrested at Caribbean airports over the discovery of bullets in their luggage.

The titles of her songs speak volumes: Wicked Men, Low Blow, Pure Pain and Hypocrite. Then there's her mega hit: Two-Legged Rat. Rife with tales of abusive husbands, impotent lovers and cheating boyfriends, these lyrics have made Francisca Viveros Barradas -- better known as Paquita la del Barrio -- much more than an artist. She has become a sociological phenomenon.

The illegal battery smelter so contaminated children here that some of them have been found with what are supposed to be fatal levels of lead in their blood. But they are alive -- many of them with eye problems, seizures, severe learning deficiencies and blank stares like Johan's.

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

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

If you are a Cuban balsero and were spotted in the Florida Straits by a Brothers to the Rescue plane between 1991 and 1996, come to Cuba Nostalgia this weekend to leave your name for a list being created by the group’s founder, Jose Basulto.

Sarkis Yacoubian, a Canadian accused of corruption in Cuba, says he blew the lid on a major corruption scandal.

A frequent Cuban hunger striker and dissident arrived Sunday in Miami ahead of Cuban Independence Day, as part of a tour that will include several U.S. stops before going to Europe.

Pope Francis exchanged a brief greeting Wednesday with Cuban dissident Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White, in the Vatican at the end of a general audience held in St. Peter’s Square.

A Cuban intelligence agent who spent 13 years in a U.S. prison said Monday he still has affection for America and hopes to see the two countries reconcile, but added that he does not regret for a moment his decision to spy for Cuba.

Haitian President Michel Martelly defended his administration Tuesday as he marked two years in office, pointing to a national school-tuition program, social protection projects and the return of tourism as his leading achievements.

Celebrating its 15th year, music festival brings together Haitian fans and top entertainers to celebrate Haiti’s culture, and Flag Day.

Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents and plywood shelters scattered across rocky hills dotted with trees in the heart of the Haitian capital.

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

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide emerged from months of seclusion for a second straight day and took several swipes at the current government.

Pending approval, JetBlue Airways plans to offer flights to Haiti. Meanwhile, IBC Airways is teaming up with a Haitian start-up to expand its reach in the Haitian market.

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

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide made a rare public appearance Wednesday and thousands of supporters shadowed the ex-leader's motorcade following a court hearing.

Haitians have been fleeing their troubled country for years, trying to reach the U.S. or other Caribbean islands by sea or by trekking across the island of Hispaniola to scratch out a living in the Dominican Republic.

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

As the rainy season looms, cholera is still a deadly threat in Haiti, where resources to combat the disease are lacking and international donations have slowed.

Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas.

Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls.

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

A Venezuelan civil rights group has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged physical and psychological abuse of detained young protesters at military bases following last month's disputed presidential election.

A portrait of Hugo Chavez stared down from a black metal frame as Jose Pastano sipped coffee after dinner with his sons in the slum house he shares with 17 relatives on the western edge of the capital.

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his Argentine counterpart and ally, Cristina Fernandez, announced new energy and food agreements Wednesday, then Maduro cheered supporters of Argentina's president with a rousing speech at a soccer-stadium rally.

Venezuela's government on Saturday angrily rejected comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama about the South American country's political crisis and accused Washington of being behind violence that has followed its recent presidential election.

The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement marked its first anniversary Wednesday.

Laura Montoya dedicated her life working for Colombia’s indigenous groups and the marginalized. On Sunday, she was declared this Catholic nation’s first saint.

Hoping to wean people off bazuco, a crack-like drug, the city of Bogota will be experimenting with marijuana.

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

Two 11-year-old boys were hacked to death after they apparently unwittingly crossed rival gang boundaries.

‘Isla Presidencial,’ an Internet cartoon that pillories politicos, may be at a crossroads now that Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez is out of view.

Colombia had more injuries due to anti-personnel mines last year than any other country in the world but Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now the nation is hoping that civilian demining efforts might help save life and limb.

Griselda Blanco was believed to have ordered dozens of vicious drug-related slayings in the 1970s and 80s, and was convicted of the murder of a 2-year-old in Miami.

Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move their bulky frames onto the sand.

A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia.

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