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LES CAYES, Haiti -- The death toll from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti more than doubled to 724 on Sunday as rescuers raced to find survivors amid the rubble ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching tropical storm that threatened to further complicate relief efforts.
Biden walks a tightrope on Cuba Ishaan Tharoor People shout slogans against the government during a protest Sunday in Havana. (Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters) The anti-regime protests taking place throughout Cuba delivered yet another jolt to the White House. Just as the Biden administration was grappling with the near-unprecedented events in Haiti following the assassination of the country’s president, it now has to reckon with what could be a historic uprising taking place in nearby Cuba. Before this weekend, President Biden’s lieutenants had been signaling to journalis...
Article content The attack by assailants that Haitian authorities described as “commandos” comes amid months of escalating political instability and gang violence that have critically eroded the rule of law in the Caribbean nation of 11 million. Moïse, 53, dissolved parliament in January 2020 and ruled by decree as opponents and protesters demanded that he step down. Armed gangs with unclear allegiances have seized control of growing portions of the country, terrorizing the population with kidnappings, rapes and killings. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing yo...
Giuliani’s long quest to put himself in legal jeopardy appears to have paid off Aaron Blake © Sarah Silbiger/For The Washington Post Former New York mayor and Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani speaks during a news conference challenging the election results in November. (Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post) For years, a question has been on the lips of many political watchers: What’s up with Rudolph W. Giuliani? The man who, as New York mayor, built a bipartisan reputation as “America’s mayor” had suddenly refashioned himself as a hatchet man for President Don...
Mahir Ali THE opening sentence of a report in The Washington Post last Saturday encapsulates some of the lazy prejudices that have dogged mainstream American perceptions of a tiny neighbouring island for more than six decades. “Sixty-two years after a band of revolutionaries set Cuba down a path of confrontation with Washington,” writes Anthony Faiola, the newspaper’s South American/Caribbean bureau chief, “the last of the Castro brothers … announced he will surrender official power.” The “path of confrontation” was Washington’s choice. The band of revolutionaries was obviou...