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Vehicles that were set on fire by armed gangs sit in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 12.
August 19, 2026

Opposition wants election security

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): Haitian politician and lawyer André Michel has called for “a minimum level of security” to be restored before elections are held in the French-speaking Caribbean Community…
Guyana President Irfaan Ali at the Charity Waterfront following the ‘MV Barima’ tragedy.
August 19, 2026

Gov’t shortlisting firms for ‘MV Barima’ salvage

GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana government has begun shortlisting companies to salvage the sunken MV Barima, nearly a month after the ferry disaster claimed at least 73 lives and left more than 30 people…
A youth plays near the machine where the sugar cane is weighed in the Lima batey, or neighborhood, in La Romana, where Central Romana Corporation, Ltd operates its sugar operations in Dominican Republic, November 17, 2021.
August 19, 2026

Watchdog calls for US import ban over forced labour in DR sugar cane fields

SAN JUAN (AP): A report released yesterday by a human-rights group found that forced labour persists on massive sugar cane plantations across the Dominican Republic, which exports sugar and other…
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August 19, 2026

Gov’t pushes to revive case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

NASHVILLE (AP): The Justice Department is pushing to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, telling a federal appeals court that a judge erred in his scathing ruling that called the…
Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai.
August 19, 2026

Country agrees to accept 1,200 US deportees

MONROVIA (AP): Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said yesterday, in one of the largest such arrangements…
Former prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley (centre) and Stuart Young (right).
August 19, 2026

Rowley presses gov’t on US visa bans

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Former Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has called on the Trinidad and Tobago government to disclose how many citizens have had their United States visas revoked after Washington…
Cargo ships are seen at sea in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, May 1, 2026.
August 19, 2026

Trump threatens Oman over Strait deal

CAIRO (AP): US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy that the country is close to a deal with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, two regional…
August 19, 2026

Brazilian police say at least 23 killed in minibus and truck crash

SAO PAULO (AP) — A minibus and a truck collided head-on in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, killing at least 23 people and injuring five others early Wednesday, police said. Preliminary…
Speaker of the National Assembly in Suriname, Ashwin Adhin.
August 19, 2026

Assembly Speaker in Suriname wants legislation to deal with suicide

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Speaker of the National Assembly in Suriname, Ashwin Adhin, says he intends to pilot private member’s legislation that will make suicide prevention legally mandatory. …