Tag: Violence

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (news agencies) — Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina convicted 11 former officials of crimes against humanity on Tuesday, in the first case to ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Gangs have intensified their rampage in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital, setting fire to a school and looting pharmacies across the road from the ...

TIJUANA, Mexico (news agencies) — When Vivianne Petit Frere fled her native Haiti for Brazil in 2019 and later walked through the Panamanian jungle and on to Mexico, where she ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — More than 33,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in a span of nearly two weeks as gangs continue to pillage homes and attack state institutions, ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Haitians rushed to buy food and other basic supplies Thursday as they emerged from their homes during a rare respite from gang violence, but gunfire ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Armed gangs launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital.media journalists reported ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (news agencies) — Caribbean leaders said Tuesday that all groups and political parties except one have submitted nominees for a transitional presidential council charged with selecting an interim ...

MIAMI (news agencies) — A charter flight carrying dozens of U.S. citizens fleeing spiraling gang violence in Haiti landed Sunday in Miami, U.S. State Department officials said.More than 30 U.S. ...

GUATEMALA CITY (news agencies) — As Haiti once again spirals into chaos with another wave of gang violence, a number of government and aid agencies reported Saturday that their facilities ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — A crowd of about 100 people tried to shove through a metal gate in Haiti’s capital as a guard with a baton pushed them back, ...