Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic closes border with Haiti over water rights dispute
Tensions have escalated between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The neighboring countries are now in a serious dispute over water rights. The Dominican government sealed the border and stopped issuing visas to all Haitian citizens until the dispute is resolved.
El Salvador imprisons dozens of foreign visitors in crackdown on crime
'What I really needed was a hug': Madrid hospice workers make sure the unhoused won't die alone
Naturalists in Haiti rediscover the elusive magnolia flower
YouTube influencers work to stem the flow of trash to the seas
The world’s oceans are in trouble, and plastic is a huge part of it. A group of YouTube influencers is now helping to slow the estimated 20 billion pounds of plastic that get dumped into the ocean each year.
Latino communities targeted by disinformation ahead of Georgia’s Senate runoffs
Georgia’s Senate runoffs are set for Jan. 5. And just like with the presidential election, there’s concern about mis- and disinformation targeting the state's voters — including its growing Latino community.
Storm Marco closes in on Louisiana as Laura buffets Cuba
After a day as a hurricane, Tropical Storm Marco brought a surge of high water to the Louisiana coast on Monday, setting the stage for Tropical Storm Laura to enter the Gulf of Mexico and move toward the same stretch of US coast later in the week, most likely as a hurricane.
French Chilean rapper's new track criticizes politicians' apathy over coronavirus
Ana Tijoux's new song “Pa Qué?” drew inspiration from statements early into the pandemic from politicians like British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
The promise and peril of the Dominican baseball pipeline
Dominicans alone now number more than one-tenth of all major league baseball players. But for those who don't make it to the big leagues, what do they have to fall back on?
The Dominican Republic took in Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler while 31 nations looked away
A New Hampshire man stumbled on an overlooked moment of history: The forgotten Evian conference where only one of 32 countries — the Dominican Republic — agreed to help settle German Jewish refugees. The doomed Evian Conference is viewed as a beginning act of the Holocaust.
The Good Friday dessert with roots in the Dominican Republic that I will not give up
It’s a fading tradition, but habas con dulce is a Holy Week staple in my family, migrating with us from the island to the United States.
Haiti has a chicken-and-egg problem
Haiti’s egg problem is a stark symptom — and a symbol — of the cycle of poverty in which the country has been stuck for decades, if not centuries.
Hurricane Maria slams into Turks and Caicos after devastating Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands
Puerto Rico is particularly damaged: The southeast coast suffered the worst, but no part of the island escaped Maria's wrath, including the capital San Juan where there was widespread flooding.
Hurricane Irma — the most enduring super-storm on record — continues on deadly path through Caribbean
Hurricane Irma, rampaging across the Caribbean, has produced sustained winds at 183 miles per hour for more than 33 hours, making it the longest-lasting, top-intensity cyclone ever recorded, France's national weather service said Thursday.