Caribbean Nations Call for US Gun Crackdown as Murder Rates Soar
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
24 JAN 2023
As American-made guns continue to flood the Caribbean, heads of state are demanding that the US do more to stem the flow of weapons.
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CARIBBEAN /
8 DEC 2022
A broad state of emergency announced across Jamaica in order to rein in rising violence has met with scorn.
BOLIVIA /
8 NOV 2022
The Amazon is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, where wildlife trafficking threatens hundreds of thousands of species.
BRAZIL /
8 NOV 2022
As gold prices have skyrocketed, a boom in mining across the Amazon Basin has flourished, leaving a deep environmental footprint.
CARIBBEAN /
18 OCT 2022
What would the impact be of proposed United Nation sanctions on Barbecue, leader of Haiti's G9 gang?…
CARIBBEAN /
13 OCT 2022
Two gangs have coordinated an amphibious attack on a key industrial area north of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince.
CARIBBEAN /
26 SEP 2022
The cocaine coming from France's territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana to its mainland have doubled.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
21 SEP 2022
Trinidad and Tobago's homicide rate has past 400 for the year and authorities appear unable to stop it.
CARIBBEAN /
19 SEP 2022
Dominican officials have banned 12 Haitian gang leaders and one of its top politicians from entering the country.
CARIBBEAN /
3 AUG 2022
A rural gang is causing mayhem in northern Haiti, displaying tactics more commonly used by urban armed groups concentrated in Port-au-Prince.
CARIBBEAN /
27 JUL 2022
Poorly equipped human smugglers have cost the lives of 17 Haitian migrants after their boat capsized near the Bahamas.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
8 JUL 2022
Haiti’s Customs Agency has seized an extremely large quantity of illegally imported ammunition.
CARIBBEAN /
4 JUL 2022
On June 28, the Cuban Interior Ministry announced that at least two clashes between speedboat crews coming from the United States to pick up Cuban migrants and border patrols had…
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