Tag: Caribbean
Protesters bar Haiti’s president from visiting historic site
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's embattled president was forced on Thursday to hold a private ceremony amid heavy security for what is usually a...
Alicia Alonso, the grande dame of Cuban ballet, has died
HAVANA (AP) - Alicia Alonso, the revered ballerina and choreographer whose nearly 75-year career made her an icon of artistic loyalty to Cuba's socialist...
Justices seem likely to uphold Puerto Rico oversight board
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court seems likely to leave in place the oversight board established by Congress to help Puerto Rico out of...
Trump says he’ll look into case after Fox appearance
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he'll "be looking into" the case of a U.S. financial adviser charged with killing a hotel worker...
Hundreds of migrants corralled at detention center in Mexico
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) - Hundreds of migrants from Africa, the Caribbean and Central America found themselves corralled in a migrant detention facility in southern...
AP Explains: Columbus, once immigrant hero, now heel to some
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The image and story of Christopher Columbus, the 15th century navigator who began European incursions into the Americas, have changed...
Cuba’s historical generation leaves top legislative body
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's top legislative body will no longer include members of the country's historical generation of former rebels, part of a broader...
Peters wins javelin for 2nd-ever world gold for Grenada
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - As a kid, Grenadian javelin thrower Anderson Peters would hurl sticks at mangoes and apples to get them to fall...
Hanging on: US sets past aside, wins men’s 4×100 gold medal
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Noah Lyles let out a huge scream and kept right on running - through the finish line and straight toward...
US ends wait for men’s 4×100 relay world gold
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - The United States ended a 12-year wait for a gold medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay at the world track...
