U.N. & Rights Groups Blast Haiti Judge On Duvalier Case
A Haitian judge's recommendation concerning the trial of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier is drawing major criticism.
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A Haitian judge's recommendation concerning the trial of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier is drawing major criticism.
Nicolle and David Bompart have dealt with loss in their lives, but their journey turned into a nightmare after bullets rang out in the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince.
Actor and activist Sean Penn is taking on a new role -- ambassador at large for Haiti.
America could be the new land of opportunity for thousands of Haitians struggling to survive in their home country.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio hopped a flight to Haiti early Monday morning. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is meeting with the government leaders to review U.S.-backed efforts to help the Caribbean country rebuild two years after a devastating earthquake.
It was two years ago a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti and crippled the Caribbean nation and here in South Florida, Haitians are marking the anniversary with a series of events to remember those lost and still homeless.
Lynn University in Boca Raton honored the lives of four students and two professors who died in the earthquake in Haiti with a day of service and remembrance Thursday.
It seemed like a tale of two Haitis at Florida International University on Thursday morning. A panel discussion on the anniversary of Haiti's earthquake seemed to paint two very different pictures about the progress, or lack there of, the island has made since the ground shook in 2010.
At just two years old Charlie Francis has quite a story. He was one of the youngest survivors of the earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12th, 2010. Pascale and Jacques Francis from Homestead were in the process of adopting Charlie when the quake hit.
Myrna Armamd is one of the people who left her ruined Haiti after the earthquake in search of a better life in South Florida but instead found herself with another obstacle.
Nearly two years after a devastating earthquake ravaged the island nation of Haiti, there is still frustration over the slow movement in improving the impoverished nation.
For almost three years, CBS 4 news has been committed to bringing viewers a series of reports dedicated to highlighting the people in the community doing good things.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it returned almost 150 migrants to their Caribbean homelands after intercepting their boats at sea.
One thing we can celebrate this holiday season is that it has not been a good year for dictators.
It's been almost two years since a massive earthquake devastated parts of Haiti. While it seems reconstruction efforts have been slow-going, some of those doing what they can to ensure Haiti's future are celebrities who are making quite an impact.
While the art community and South Florida resident gather for Art Basel events on Miami Beach, Wynwood and the Design District, there is one exhibit which carries the soul of a shaken community.
Haiti-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is defending his former charity once again over the way money raised for earthquake relief in Haiti was spent.
South Florida airports handle millions of visitors from around the world. With them they bring millions of bags, jam packed with some of the most bizarre things you can imagine. CBS4's David Sutta takes you behind the scenes at Miami International Airport as U.S. Customs Agents round up crazy contraband.
Haitian President Michel Martelly is delaying a controversial plan to reinstate the Haitian army, and is choosing instead to set up a special commission to decide.
New numbers from the World Health Organization are providing a sobering look at how bad the health conditions in Haiti have become in 2011.
A Haitian man who suffered cholera-like symptoms and died in his Caribbean homeland after the U.S. deported him from Miami had no pre-existing health problems that might have contributed to his death, according to a review of his medical records.
Sheets of rain and strong gusty winds from Tropical Storm Emily whipped hundreds of thousands of Haitians still living and tents and flimsy shanties in and round the country's capital city.
Now that Tropical Storm Emily has breezed by Puerto Rico, many families in South Florida are waiting anxiously to see how Haiti and the Dominican Republic will fare as the storm closes in on them.
A Miami federal judge has postponed the trial of a Michigan man accused of abusing boys at a residential center he ran in Haiti.
The U.S.'s strategy regarding Cuba has divided opinions in South Florida, with some saying the people need the aid and others arguing any help will only benefit the regime.
The reprimand also stated Nixon violated House rules for speaking on the floor and promoting "public confidence in the integrity and independence of the House and of the Legislature."
Cuba's national energy grid has suffered a major failure, cutting power to the island's eastern provinces.
Trump Mobile's $499 gold-toned phone has faced delays since it was unveiled in June 2025.
Ronald Trayvon Kelly, 29, of Miami, was arrested and is facing charges.
The U.S.'s strategy regarding Cuba has divided opinions in South Florida, with some saying the people need the aid and others arguing any help will only benefit the regime.
The reprimand also stated Nixon violated House rules for speaking on the floor and promoting "public confidence in the integrity and independence of the House and of the Legislature."
Trump Mobile's $499 gold-toned phone has faced delays since it was unveiled in June 2025.
Ronald Trayvon Kelly, 29, of Miami, was arrested and is facing charges.
The launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
The Senate unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution on Thursday that will withhold senators' pay during a lapse in funding for any federal agency.
A ship was taken by unknown parties toward Iranian waters after an Indian-flagged vessel was attacked off Oman.
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
President Trump is in Beijing meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders aiming to stabilize their trading relationship after last year's trade war.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.