March 4, 2024 Haiti orders nightly curfew after armed gangs jailbreak thousands of 'violent inmates' Haiti is reeling from a wave of violence, prompting authorities to impose a nightly curfew. Gangs attacked prisons, freeing thousands of inmates over the weekend.
March 1, 2024 Dutch forces deployed to Caribbean territory hit by major oil spill Dutch armed forces have been deployed to the Caribbean island territory of Bonaire, with Amsterdam intent on cleaning oil from beaches impacted by a spill hundreds of miles away.
February 26, 2024 At least 7 shot at Cayman Islands soccer match At least seven people were hospitalized after sustaining serious injuries in a Sunday evening shooting at a soccer match in the Cayman Islands.
February 21, 2024 Indictment of assassinated Haitian president's widow a political hit, attorney says An attorney for Martine Moïse, the widow of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, dismissed an indictment against her as politically motivated.
February 20, 2024 Widow, aides to Haitian President Moïse indicted in his assassination A judge in Haiti has indicted the widow of assassinated former President Jovenel Moïse, a former prime minister, and others in connection with his 2021 killing.
February 16, 2024 St. Vincent and the Grenadines upholds gay sex ban A high court ruling in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday upheld the Caribbean nation's laws criminalizing gay sex, a significant loss for regional human rights activists.
February 15, 2024 Nurse helping Americans in alleged Bahamas attack was ‘scared’ by what she saw: ‘Could’ve been my daughters’ An American nurse, who was coincidentally at the same resort where two women were allegedly raped, saved the survivors. "What I saw in that room was enough to scare me"
February 14, 2024 Anti-gang task force agreement with Kenya in the works, Haitian government says The Haitian government announced Wednesday its efforts to broker an official agreement with Kenya to deploy police from the African nation on Haiti's streets.
February 13, 2024 4 dead, 5 critical in Puerto Rico bar shooting Four people have been reported dead and five others critically injured after a drive-by shooting at a roadside bar in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
February 12, 2024 Torched sugarcane fields make Haitian rum industry latest victim of country's gang crisis At least 19.8 acres of sugarcane fields were burned as gangs clashed near the Rhum Barbancourt distillery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, dealing a serious blow to the nation's rum industry.