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DÁNICA COTO

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Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country's breaking a taboo on mental health services

Violence is traumatizing Haitian children

Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country's breaking a taboo on mental health services
Americas|News|World

Haiti’s main airport reopens nearly 3 months after gang violence forced it closed

Haiti’s main international airport has reopened nearly three months after gang violence forced authorities to close it

Haiti’s main airport reopens nearly 3 months after gang violence forced it closed
Americas|Crime|News

Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti's capital, family says

A family member says a U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital who attacked them as they left a youth group activity held at a local church

Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti's capital, family says
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What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti

A family member of a U.S. missionary couple says the couple and a Haitian man who led a religious organization have been fatally shot by criminal gang members in Haiti’s capital

What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti
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Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple

Hundreds of people in Haiti are mourning the death of Judes Montis

Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple
News|World

Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs

U.N. development specialist Garry Conille has been named Haiti’s new prime minister nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for the position

Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs
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Haiti's new prime minister vows to seek unity after he is selected by transitional council

Haiti’s new prime minister has vowed to seek unity in his first statement since a transitional council selected him to head the government in the troubled Caribbean country

Haiti's new prime minister vows to seek unity after he is selected by transitional council
Americas|Election|News|US

Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi concedes defeat in surprise primary upset by Jenniffer González

Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González has defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held by their pro-statehood party

Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi concedes defeat in surprise primary upset by Jenniffer González
Americas|Health|World

Haiti's new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country

Haiti's government says the country's newly selected prime minister has been hospitalized in the capital of Port-au-Prince

Haiti's new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country
News|World

Haiti’s transitional council appoints new Cabinet tasked with leading a country under siege by gangs

Haiti’s transitional council has appointed a new Cabinet

Haiti’s transitional council appoints new Cabinet tasked with leading a country under siege by gangs
Americas|Crime|News|World

Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives

The beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police has been ousted following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs

Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives
Americas|Crime|Travel|US

Federal grand jury indicts a US tourist accused of burning down businesses in Puerto Rico

A tourist from Missouri accused of burning down several businesses in southwestern Puerto Rico in a high-profile case that sparked a backlash against unruly visitors in the U.S. territory has been indicted by a federal grand jury

Americas|Crime|News|US|World

US judge sentences Germine Joly, former leader of a powerful gang in Haiti, to 35 years in prison

The leader of a notoriously violent gang in Haiti linked to the kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens has been sentenced to 35 years in prison

US judge sentences Germine Joly, former leader of a powerful gang in Haiti, to 35 years in prison
Americas|News|Uncategorized|World

UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs

The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police officers has arrived in Haiti, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence

UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs
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Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs

Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence

Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs
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

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