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Trump denies he used profane language to describe Haiti, African countries

By Alan Fram and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

The president's contemptuous description of an entire continent startled lawmakers in the meeting and immediately revived charges that the president is racist.

U.S. to end protections for Salvadoran immigrants

By Zeke Miller and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline on whether to extend protections that would allow nearly 200,000 Salvadorans to stay in the U.S. legally.

Trump administration decides to let temporary permits for Haitians expire in 2019

By Luis Alonso Lugo, Associated Press

The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Caribbean nation.

Haitians flock to Canada, concerned about losing protected status in U.S.

By Larisa Epatko

Canada is scrambling to prepare temporary housing -- including putting beds inside Montreal's Olympic Stadium -- for an influx of people entering from the United States.

U.S. to extend protections for Haitians for 6 months, but future remains uncertain

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

The Trump administration said Monday it will extend until January a humanitarian program that has allowed roughly 58,000 Haitians to live in the United States, but it is hinting that further extensions are unlikely.

AP report: U.S. wants tally of Haitian immigrants’ crimes

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun hunting for evidence of crimes committed by Haitian immigrants as it decides whether to allow them to continue participating in a humanitarian program that has shielded tens of thousands from deportation since a…

Caribbean artists remember poet Derek Walcott

By Elizabeth Flock

A Caribbean street photographer, poets, and other writers remember Derek Walcott, a Nobel laureate and Caribbean poet and playwright who died Friday.

Tijuana welcomes Haitian immigrants stuck at U.S.-Mexico border

By PBS News Hour

In the wake of late September’s Hurricane Matthew, Haitians are increasingly desperate to reach the United States, which has recently reinstated deportations to Haiti for the first time since 2010's earthquake. But residents of Tijuana, Mexico, are showing an unusual…

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Banana exporter Jovenel Moise wins Haiti’s presidential election

By News Desk

Jovenel Moise, known as “Banana Man” because he exports produce, won Haiti’s Nov. 20 presidential election with more than half of the vote, said Haiti’s electoral council this week.

In Haiti, are 1 million doses of cholera vaccine enough to stop an outbreak?

By Larisa Epatko

When Hurricane Matthew steamrolled southern Haiti earlier this month, it wiped out houses, bridges and roads. It also decimated sanitation systems, putting the Caribbean island nation at risk of worsening cholera outbreaks.