WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged the leader of a notoriously violent Haitian gang in connection with the kidnapping of 16 Americans last year, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Germine Joly, 29, who is also known as “Yonyon,” is accused of leading the 400 Mawozo gang and is the first person charged by Justice…
Journalist Killed in Mexico Was Threatened in Recent Weeks
The director of an online news site in southeast Mexico had been threatened in recent weeks over her journalism before being killed with a colleague, her brother said Tuesday. Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi and Sheila Johana García Olivera, the director and a reporter, respectively, of the online news site El Veraz in Cosoleacaque were shot Monday…
Cuba Hotel Blast Toll Rises to 43—Most Hotel Workers
HAVANA—The elegant Hotel Saratoga was supposed to reopen in Havana on Tuesday after a two-year pandemic break. Instead, it was a day of mourning for the 43 people known to have died in an explosion that ripped the building apart. Emergency workers continued to hunt through the ruins for other victims as experts began to…
Former Haitian Lawmaker Charged Over President’s Assassination
A form Haitian lawmaker has been criminally charged in the United States for his involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July 2021, becoming the third man to be arrested and charged for involvement in the death. Joseph Joel John, 51, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis from the Southern District…
4 Die as Gas Grenade Sets Off Student Stampede in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia—A tear gas grenade set off during a university assembly in Bolivia triggered a stampede in which four students died and 50 were injured on Monday, officials said. Tomas Frias University Rector Pedro López told Radio Panamericana that the students had gathered to elect new student body leaders at the school in the…
Another Ecuador Prison Clash Leaves 44 Inmates Dead
QUITO, Ecuador—A clash between rival Ecuadorian gangs killed 44 inmates, officials said Monday, little more than a month after another prison riot resulted in 20 deaths. Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo said at a news conference that one group of inmates left their cells to attack another inside the Bellavista lockup in Santo Domingo, some 70…
Havana Hotel Toll Rises to 30; Search for Survivors Continues
HAVANA—Search crews with dogs on Sunday hunted through the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital for survivors of a devastating explosion while officials raised the number of known dead to 30. The Hotel Saratoga, a five-star 96-room hotel in Old Havana, was preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an…
US and World Gripped by Fertilizer Crisis
May 7, 2022
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“Fertilizer shortages are real now.” Uttered by USAID’s Samantha Power in a May 1 ABC interview with former Democratic advisor George Stephanopoulos, the words briefly drowned out the din of the news cycle. They were not unexpected to some. Power, who served as U.N. ambassador under Obama, mentioned fertilizer shortages after weeks of hints from…
3 Americans Found Dead at Bahamas Resort After ‘Health Emergency’
Three Americans were found dead at a Bahamas resort on Friday, local authorities announced. Police were alerted around 9:00 a.m. local time that a male body was found in one of the villas on the island of Exuma. A local doctor later determined the male was dead. An examination of the body found no signs…
Explosion at Luxury Havana Hotel Kills 22, Injures Dozens
HAVANA—A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 22 people, including a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from a luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital. No tourists were staying at Havana’s 96-room Hotel Saratoga because it was undergoing renovations, Havana Gov. Reinaldo…
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