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World Food Program Sees 'Major Crisis' in Haiti

Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:16:00 AM

Haiti faces a "major crisis" if international donors fail to provide urgent aid to help feed its poor, a top official with the World Food Program said Wednesday.   Full Story

Price of Rice Prompts Renewed Anger in Haiti

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:12:00 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE—Sellers and angry customers clashed over the price of rice in Haiti on Tuesday, three days after the government announced a deal to reduce the price by 15 percent after food riots that ...   Full Story

Haitian Senate Poised to Fire Prime Minister

Friday, April 11, 2008 8:30:00 PM

Haiti's fragile government appeared in trouble Friday after a week of nationwide unrest over skyrocketing food prices as opposition senators planned to fire the prime minister.   Full Story

Protests Over Food Prices Paralyze Haitian Capital

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:00:00 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE—Haitians erected fiery barricades and tried to storm the National Palace on Tuesday as protests against rising food prices, which have killed five people, paralyzed the impoverished nat ...   Full Story

The Isolation of Cuban Youth

Monday, April 07, 2008 9:45:00 PM

Cubans cannot be seen with foreigners, or even freely associate with one another, without risking arrest for prostitution.   Full Story

Cuba to Open TV Channel With Foreign Content

Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:11:00 AM

Cuba's state-run television broadcaster will start a 24-hour channel with mostly foreign content in a move to provide Cuban audiences with more variety.   Full Story

Cubans Rush to Buy DVD Players, Electric Bikes

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:02:00 AM

HAVANA—Cubans crowded shops on Tuesday to buy DVD players and electric bikes that went on sale for the first time as new President Raul Castro moved to lift many restrictions in the one-party socialis ...   Full Story

Cuba Ends Restriction on Cellular Phones

Friday, March 28, 2008 8:07:00 PM

Cuba said Friday it will allow all Cubans to buy and use mobile telephones for the first time in the latest step by new President Raul Castro to improve access to consumer goods.   Full Story

Cuba Delays Access to Top Cuban Blog

Monday, March 24, 2008 9:17:00 PM

Cuba's most popular blogger Yoani Sanchez said Monday that Cuban authorities had blocked viewing of her blog and then allowed slow access to the Web site from Cuba.   Full Story

Human Rights Torch Relay Visits the Dominican Republic

Monday, March 17, 2008 8:20:00 PM

The Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR) visited the Dominican Republic on Saturday, March 12, after beginning its tour of South America in Peru on Friday.   Full Story

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