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Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González-Colón signed legislation banning gender-transition treatments for youth under 21, aligning the U.S. territory with roughly two dozen U.S. states that have enacted similar laws.

Puerto Rico Governor Signs Ban on Trans Youth Treatments

JUL 17JUL 17

UN: Gang Violence in Haiti Left At Least 3,141 Dead This Year

JUL 13JUL 13

UN: Haiti's Gangs Have 'Near-Total Control' of Port-au-Prince

JUL 4JUL 4

US Sanctions Cuban President Over Alleged Human Rights Violations

JUL 12JUL 12

Judge Blocks Trump's Early End to Haitian Immigration Status

JUL 2JUL 2

Cuba

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) on Monday to reinstate and strengthen policies toward Cuba from his first term in the White House, which had been revoked during the Biden administration.

Trump Signs Memorandum to Tighten US Policy Toward Cuba

JUL 1JUL 1

ACLU Sues for Lawyer Access for Migrants at Guantánamo

FEB 12FEB 12

Hurricane Rafael Makes Landfall in Cuba

NOV 6 2024NOV 2024

Biden Moves to Drop Cuba From Terrorism List

JAN 15JAN 15

Cuba Faces Mass Blackout as National Grid Shuts Down

OCT 19 2024OCT 2024

Puerto Rico

A widespread power outage struck Puerto Rico at 5:30 am on Tuesday, affecting approximately 1.3M customers, or nearly 90% of Luma Energy's clients.

New Year's Eve Blackout Leaves Most of Puerto Rico Without Power

DEC 31 2024DEC 31 2024

Harris Makes Ellipse Speech While Biden's Comments Stir Controversy

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OCT 30 2024OCT 2024

Puerto Rico: Gov. Pierluisi Loses Primary

JUN 3 2024JUN 2024

Trump Campaign Responds to Backlash Over Puerto Rico MSG Joke

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OCT 29 2024OCT 2024

Deadly Flooding Strikes the Dominican Republic

NOV 21 2023NOV 2023

Jamaica

Hurricane Beryl hit Jamaica on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm, with heavy rains and 145 mph (233 kph) winds reportedly knocking down power lines in the country that has been declared a disaster area and is now under a curfew.

Hurricane Beryl Hits Jamaica After Leaving at Least 7 Dead

JUL 1 2024JUL 1 2024

Clarence Thomas Discloses Trips Paid by GOP Donor

AUG 31 2023AUG 2023

Guardian Owner Apologizes for Founders’ Links to Transatlantic Slavery

MAR 29 2023MAR 2023

US Panel Votes to Expand Compassionate Release for Prisoners

APR 6 2023APR 2023

Man Pleads Guilty in US Probe of Haiti President Assassination

MAR 25 2023MAR 2023

Haiti

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, affecting around 520,000 Haitian nationals currently residing in the U.S., with the designation expiring Aug. 3 and termination taking effect Sept. 2.

Trump Ends Protected Status for Haitians

JUN 27JUN 27

UN: Haiti Displacement Hits Record 1.3M Amid Gang Violence

JUN 12JUN 12

Dominican Republic Tightens Border Control Amid Haiti Crisis

APR 8APR 8

US Designates Haitian Gangs as Terrorist Organizations

MAY 4MAY 4

Haiti: Gangs Attack Delmas 30, Police Demand Better Conditions After Death of Kenyan Officer

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FEB 26FEB 26

Dominica

Manuel Rocha, a former US diplomat and ambassador to Bolivia who was arrested Friday, appeared in federal court Monday to face charges he served "as a covert agent" and collected intelligence for the Republic of Cuba.

DOJ: Longtime US Diplomat Spied for Cuba

DEC 4 2023DEC 4 2023

Haiti Ex-Senator Pleads Guilty Over 2021 Assassination

OCT 11 2023OCT 2023

Four Suspects in Haitian President Killing Sent to US

FEB 1 2023FEB 2023

US Senator Blocks Egypt Military Aid

OCT 4 2023OCT 2023

US Supreme Court Hears Turkish Bank Case

JAN 17 2023JAN 2023

Bahamas

On Thursday, the office of Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis rejected a plan from Pres.-elect Donald Trump's transition team to deport migrants to the Bahamas when their home countries refuse to accept them.

Bahamas Rejects Trump Plan to Accept Deported Migrants

DEC 5 2024DEC 5 2024

Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Prison

MAY 28 2024MAY 2024

Prosecutors Drop Plans for Second Trial of Bankman-Fried

JAN 1 2024JAN 2024

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Sons Hire High-Profile Lawyer

APR 4 2024APR 2024

Hurricane Lee Rapidly Intensifies in the Atlantic

SEP 8 2023SEP 2023

Dominican Republic

Suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty Thursday of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic, receiving a suspended two-year prison sentence for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl when he was 21.

MLB's Wander Franco Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse, Gets Suspended Sentence

JUN 27JUN 27

Dominican Nightclub Roof Collapse: Death Toll Reaches 184

APR 10APR 10

Dominican Republic: Person of Interest Named in Missing US Student Case

MAR 12MAR 12

Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse Kills At Least 58

APR 8APR 8

Dominican Republic Conducts Record Cocaine Seizure

DEC 7 2024DEC 2024

Barbados

Ardern: No Plans for New Zealand Republic After Queen's Death

SEP 13 2022SEP 2022

On Thursday, French Pres. Emmanuel Macron opened the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris, which seeks to discuss international monetary reforms.

Climate Finance Summit Opens in Paris

JUN 22 2023JUN 22 2023

Bermuda

NASA's Last Apollo 7 Astronaut Dies at 90

JAN 4 2023JAN 2023

GOP Plans 'Collusion' Probe Into Climate Groups

DEC 16 2022DEC 2022

On Monday, Hong Kong's High Court ordered Evergrande Group, China's struggling real estate giant, to liquidate its operations after it failed to reach an agreement on how to restructure its vast debt.

China: Evergrande Ordered to Liquidate Amid Property Crisis

JAN 29 2024JAN 29 2024

Canada Deploys Troops After Hurricane Fiona Landfall

SEP 26 2022SEP 2022

US Virgin Islands

US Pres. Joe Biden has declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the US Virgin Islands this week, after tests on the Caribbean island of St. Croix showed lead levels 100 times above the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) limit, among the worst seen in decades in a US community.

Biden Declares Emergency Over Lead Contamination in US Virgin Islands Water

NOV 22 2023NOV 22 2023

JPMorgan: Epstein Received $300M in Tax Incentives From Virgin Islands

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JUN 21 2023JUN 2023

JPMorgan Claims Virgin Islands Enabled Epstein

MAY 24 2023MAY 2023

JPMorgan Agrees to $290M Settlement With Epstein Victims

JUN 12 2023JUN 2023

Deutsche Bank To Pay $75M To Epstein Victims

MAY 18 2023MAY 2023

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