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Managua (Nicaragua), Nov 22 (DPA) Thousands of protestors in the Central American country of Nicaragua took to the streets of Managua against President Daniel Ortega, who opposition parties and citizens' groups accuse of attempting to set up a dictatorship. (Haiti Sun)

High tides recently cut off the Boca Grande section of Cartagena, in Colombia. Scientists say Latin American cities are at higher risk because sea levels will rise most near the equator. (Haiti Sun)

By Ansel Herz PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rap... (Haiti Sun)

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Leonardo Sanchez, 12, holding a market sign that reads in Spanish "take advantage," as he works with family members in the La Merced market in Mexico City.

More than 250 students have gathered in the two rooms of a small public school here, some 30 kilometers from the country's capital Port-au-Prince, waiting for a meal prepared by the World Food Program.

Guatemala City.– Central American nations will demand US$105 billion from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region's representatives said on Friday. Central America... (Haiti Sun)

Santo Domingo.– The Embassy of Canada relocated to the 18th floor of the Citigroup Tower at Winston Churchill 1099, Piantini sector, in Santo Domingo. The Embassy reports that the telephone numbe... (Haiti Sun)

Santo Domingo.– A Dominican subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC has sold its 137 gas stations across the Dominican Republic to a Barbados-based fuel supplier.Friday's statement from Shell does not... (Haiti Sun)

By Jean H Charles This past Wednesday on November 18, Haiti celebrated the 206th anniversary of the victory of its troops: 7,000 men in rags and ill nourished, who crushed the 40,000 well trained sold... (Haiti Sun)

Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during a rally. In an address to supporters o... (Haiti Sun)

by Kim Ives Slowed by political wrangling and mysterious bureaucratic deliberations, Haiti's elections have historically taken months and even years to organize. Suddenly, the electoral schedul... (Haiti Sun)

Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during a rally. (MiamiHerald.com)

Deep in the heart of Vatican City, Cuban-born Roman Catholic theologian Miguel H. Díaz has managed to find an Italian version of a sandwich that reminds him of home: pan con lechón. (MiamiHerald.com)

Having spent a comfortable 30 years in the United States, Nicole Muller Cesar decided to move back to her native Haiti a decade ago.<p/> She had been working as a social worker and therapist in Boston and remained a fixture in Haitian activist circles. But the low-level political instability in the late 1990s in Haiti -- and the children who suffered from it -- compelled her to move back and launch her own group to fight for abused and abandoned young people. (MiamiHerald.com)

The Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti for a year, saying the situation in the impoverished Caribbean nation still constitutes a threat to international peace and security despite recent progress. (MiamiHerald.com)

Santiago, Nov 20 (EFE) The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by nine million to 189 million this year, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in a report presented here. (Haiti Sun)

Santo Domingo.- Homegrown Hollywood movie star and producer Manny Perez will bring his latest film to the countrys most coveted venue, as part of the 3rd Global Film Festival inaugurated by president ... (Haiti Sun)

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says an additional nine million people have sunk into poverty this year. (Haiti Sun)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun int... (Haiti Sun)

Santo Domingo.- Austria’s Development Bank has 100 million euros available for the Dominican Government or businesses interested in investing in renewable energy, whose only requirement is to presen... (Haiti Sun)

SANTO DOMINGO. – U.S. officials warned on Thursday that Dominican Republic and Haiti have become the main bridges to traffic drugs from Venezuela to his country and Europe, a criminal link which inc... (Haiti Sun)

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government on Thursday bestowed the Heraldic Order Cristóbal Columbus on the legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, in recognition of his successful film career . Presid... (Haiti Sun)

recently carried two important pieces of information regarding new challenges and developments in higher education in the Caribbean. The first deals with a statement by the Principal of the Mona campu... (Haiti Sun)

Five hundred volunteers are being sought to house some of the world's poorest people.Housing charity Haven is planning to build on the success of the first build less than a month ago in which 260 vol... (Haiti Sun)

Maurice Bonhomme and Jean Cayemitte grew up in the shadows of St. Joseph School in a seaside Haitian town. They picked passion fruit from trees in the courtyard and played soccer in the nearby fiel... (Haiti Sun)

Opposition Leader Mark Brantley told BBC Caribbean on Wednesday that while the last boundaries change exercise took eight months, the commission was now trying to rush the matter in just weeks before... (Haiti Sun)

Has your wife been harping on you lately about all work and no play? Is she an employee or a partner of your business (or, more likely, are you the employee)? Why not consider a business cruise, allow... (Haiti Sun)

A relaxed Bill Clinton gave the dozens of oversized aluminum fish tanks a once-over and issued his best sales pitch to the busload of foreign investors he had brought along. (MiamiHerald.com)

PRINCE, Nov 20 - Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun into the ground in front of him and made a "tok-tok-tok-tok" sound.

EDITOR'S NOTE - The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease.

Editor's note: The Huntsville Times welcomes reports of intensive local, national and international mission work by congregations.