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DÁNICA COTO

DÁNICA COTO

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Environment|News|World

Beryl strengthens into hurricane in Atlantic, forecast to grow into major storm entering Caribbean

Beryl has grown into a hurricane in the Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen into a major storm as it nears the Caribbean

Beryl strengthens into hurricane in Atlantic, forecast to grow into major storm entering Caribbean
News|US

Dangerous Hurricane Beryl restrengthens to Category 4 off Grenada

Beryl has restrengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane

Dangerous Hurricane Beryl restrengthens to Category 4 off Grenada
News|World

Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islands

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to Category 5 status as it crosses islands in the southeastern Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islands
Americas|Environment|News|World

Beryl heads toward Jamaica as a major hurricane after ripping through the southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl is roaring across the Caribbean Sea as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands

Beryl heads toward Jamaica as a major hurricane after ripping through the southeast Caribbean
Business|Economy|Finance|News|US

Federal judge orders mediation to break impasse over Puerto Rico power company debt

A federal judge overseeing a drawn-out debt-restructuring process for Puerto Rico’s power company has ordered all parties to mediation

Federal judge orders mediation to break impasse over Puerto Rico power company debt
Americas|Environment|News|World

Officials plead for $9 million in aid weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastates the southeast Caribbean

Officials say people in the southeast Caribbean urgently need food, water and shelter nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl crushed the region as a Category 4 storm

Officials plead for $9 million in aid weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastates the southeast Caribbean
Americas|Environment

Caribbean seeks help in fighting climate change after Hurricane Beryl devastates small islands

Caribbean officials are demanding more access to funding and help in fighting climate change just weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the region

Caribbean seeks help in fighting climate change after Hurricane Beryl devastates small islands
Americas|Economy|Environment|News|World

UN body that regulates the deep sea tackles proposed mining code amid growing concerns

Tense deliberations over how and if to allow deep sea mining are unfolding in Jamaica as at least one company threatens to apply for permission before rules and regulations are in place

UN body that regulates the deep sea tackles proposed mining code amid growing concerns
Crime|News|World

More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti with UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs

Another 200 police officers from Kenya have arrived in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country

More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti with UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs
Americas|Crime|News|World

Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has ordered gangs to surrender their weapons and acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become

Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
Business|Environment|News|Science|Technology|US

US announces $325 million in funding to boost Puerto Rico solar projects as power outages persist

The U.S. government says $325 million in federal funds will be available for solar and battery storage installations across Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles with chronic power outages

US announces $325 million in funding to boost Puerto Rico solar projects as power outages persist
Election|News|Opinion|Political|US

Puerto Rico finalizes details of upcoming referendum on political status amid criticism over cost

Plans to hold a nonbinding referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status have come under scrutiny for its multimillion-dollar cost as election officials announced the order and description of choices on the upcoming ballot

Puerto Rico finalizes details of upcoming referendum on political status amid criticism over cost
Americas|News|US

Puerto Rico bans discrimination against those who wear Afros and other hairstyles on diverse island

Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a law that prohibits discrimination against people wearing Afros, twists, braids and other hairstyles in the racially diverse U.S. territory

Puerto Rico bans discrimination against those who wear Afros and other hairstyles on diverse island
Economy|News|US

Federal control board sues Puerto Rico's governor over net metering law

A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances has filed a lawsuit challenging amendments to the island’s net metering law, triggering a backlash

Federal control board sues Puerto Rico's governor over net metering law
Americas|Environment|News|US|World

A strengthening Ernesto is poised to become a hurricane after brushing past Puerto Rico

Tropical Storm Ernesto is poised to become a hurricane after brushing past Puerto Rico as officials closed schools, opened shelters and moved dozens of the U.S. territory’s endangered parrots into hurricane-proof rooms

A strengthening Ernesto is poised to become a hurricane after brushing past Puerto Rico
Americas|News|World

Hurricane Ernesto drops torrential rain on Puerto Rico as it strengthens heading toward Bermuda

Hurricane Ernesto has dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and knocked out power for nearly half of all customers in the U.S. territory

Hurricane Ernesto drops torrential rain on Puerto Rico as it strengthens heading toward Bermuda
Americas|Environment|News|World

Hurricane Ernesto lashes Bermuda as wealthy British territory closes down

Hurricane Ernesto has started to pound Bermuda with heavy winds and rain after officials on the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean opened shelters and closed government offices

Hurricane Ernesto lashes Bermuda as wealthy British territory closes down
Americas|News|World

Tens of thousands remain without power in Puerto Rico, a week after tropical storm swiped the island

Tens of thousands of customers are still without power across Puerto Rico, a week after Ernesto swiped the U.S. territory as a tropical storm

Tens of thousands remain without power in Puerto Rico, a week after tropical storm swiped the island
Americas|Crime|World

Haiti's army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer

Thousands of young Haitians are jumping at the chance to become soldiers as widespread gang violence creates rare job opportunities in a deeply impoverished country where work is scarce

Haiti's army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer
Americas|News|World

Trinidad and Tobago reckons with colonialism in a debate on statues, signs and monuments of its past

The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is debating whether it should remove statues, signs and monuments with colonial ties and how those spaces should be used instead

Trinidad and Tobago reckons with colonialism in a debate on statues, signs and monuments of its past
Americas|Crime|News|World

Haiti unveils new corruption cases against high-level officials even as impunity persists

Haiti's anti-corruption agency is accusing high-ranking government officials of crimes ranging from illicit enrichment to abuse of office

Americas|News|Political|US|World

The US is considering the creation of a UN peacekeeping operation for Haiti to fight gangs

The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a current mission led by Kenya to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country

The US is considering the creation of a UN peacekeeping operation for Haiti to fight gangs
Americas|News|US

US halts plan to remove iconic stray cats from a historic area in Puerto Rico's capital

The U.S. government has temporarily halted a plan to remove iconic stray cats that live in a historic district in Puerto Rico’s capital until a lawsuit opposing the project is resolved

US halts plan to remove iconic stray cats from a historic area in Puerto Rico's capital
Americas|Crime|News|Political|World

Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his country will send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight violent gangs

Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti
Business|Technology

Private power companies in Puerto Rico are under scrutiny as officials demand fewer outages

Two private power companies in Puerto Rico have come under scrutiny while presenting plans to stabilize the island's crumbling electric grid as officials demanded immediate action to minimize chronic power outages

Private power companies in Puerto Rico are under scrutiny as officials demand fewer outages

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