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American dream shattered: one Haitian’s journey to US border… and back

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‘We’re desperate’: Haitian migrants’ hopes fade at US border

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Costa Rica frets as Panama allows migrants to cross border

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Panama and Colombia both announced this week that they're essentially letting undocumented migrants stuck in their countries move on. Most are headed for the United States.

Colombia announces tough measures to battle migrant crisis

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Colombia has deported more than 5,800 migrants over the past two months, most of them from Haiti and Cuba, according to official figures released last week.

UPDATE: 10 US-bound migrants drown in southern Nicaragua

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The decomposing bodies of eight undocumented migrants, likely African or Haitian, apparently headed to the U.S. have been found in Nicaragua's vast southern freshwater Lake Nicaragua.

Dire conditions for migrants camped out in Peñas Blancas

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Hundreds of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean are camped out near the Costa Rican border town Peñas Blancas, trying to find a way to continue their journey north to the United States.

1 dead, 4 missing as flooding hits Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – One person died and four others were missing in flooding that hit Haiti, leaving at least 9,600 houses in the deeply impoverished Caribbean country underwater, officials said Monday.

Haiti election postponed amid street violence

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Haiti abandoned plans on Friday to hold a presidential run-off election this weekend after fierce street battles, leaving the country once more in political limbo.

US backs Haiti vote plan despite opposition boycott threat

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The United States stood by its support for Haiti's troubled electoral process on Tuesday despite the opposition presidential candidate's threat to boycott next week's run-off poll.

Haiti postpones presidential runoff vote

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti has pushed back next week's presidential runoff vote, election officials said Monday, without immediately announcing a new date.

Haiti on the outside looking in at ‘Star Wars’ delirium

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Without a single functioning movie theatre in their country, Haitians have been feeling left out in recent days, while much of the rest of the world swoons over the latest "Star Wars" movie.

Amid post-election chaos in Haiti, diplomat Kenneth Merten defends U.S. policies

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U.S. special coordinator for Haiti, Kenneth Merten, won't condemn recent presidential elections in Haiti, despite accusations of vote-rigging and coercion.