Michael Weissenstein
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Coronavirus hits rich and poor unequally in Latin America
From Mexico City to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Santiago, Chile, the coronavirus is taking root in the world’s most unequal region, where many of Latin America's first cases arrived with members...

Mag 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries
The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica.

“Hour of darkness” for Bahamas; 43 dead, with toll to rise
Search and rescue teams are still trying to reach some Bahamian communities isolated by floodwaters and debris after Hurricane Dorian, while the official death toll has risen to 43 and...

Plot that wounded David Ortiz unraveled because of many mistakes
Alberto Rodríguez Mota had one job: taking a photo of the man that his crew of hired killers was supposed to fatally shoot at an outdoor cafe, according to Dominican...

David Ortiz shooting: 6 suspects, including gunman, arrested
An alleged gunman and five accomplices have been detained in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz, Dominican officials said Wednesday, while providing no information about why a...

5 suspects, including gunman, arrested in Ortiz shooting
The chief prosecutor in the Dominican Republic says five people, including the alleged gunman, have been detained in the shooting of former Red Sox star David Ortiz.

David Ortiz back in Boston after being shot in Dominican bar
David Ortiz was back in Boston on Monday night for medical care, a day after authorities said the former Red Sox slugger affectionately known as Big Papi was ambushed by...

Tornado hits Havana; Cuban president says 3 dead, 172 hurt
A tornado and pounding rains smashed into the eastern part of Cuba's capital overnight, toppling trees, bending power poles and flinging shards of metal roofing through the air as the...

Puerto Rico grid ‘teetering’ despite $3.8 billion repair job
After months of darkness and stifling heat, Noe Pagan was overjoyed when power-line workers arrived to restore electricity to his home deep in the lush green mountains of western Puerto...

Cuba: 110 died in plane crash, 3 survivors “critical”
The only three survivors of Cuba's worst aviation disaster in three decades were clinging to life Saturday, a day after their passenger jet crashed in a fireball in Havana's rural...