Haitian-Americans Want Duvalier Brought To Justice
Many Haitian-Americans in South Florida are demanding that Jean-Claude Duvalier be tried for decades of alleged human rights abuses.
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Many Haitian-Americans in South Florida are demanding that Jean-Claude Duvalier be tried for decades of alleged human rights abuses.
South Florida's Little Haiti community is calling for justice tonight amidst shock over the news that former Haitian dictator Jean Claude Duvalier has returned to Haiti.
The political group Veye Yo plans to protest Monday in Miami's Little Haiti the return of Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier to Haiti.
Jean Claude Duvalier, the deposed former strongman of Haiti who has been living in exile for 2 decades, returned to his homeland without notice Sunday, drawing cheers from supporters and surprise from government officials. The reason for "Baby Doc"'s returning is not clear, but in the past he had offered his services to help resolve Haiti's problems.
Here is a brief chronology of milestones in the life of ex-Haitian dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier:
Seven days after the Florida Parole Commission allows the conditional release of a 27-year-old woman who's dying from cancer, that woman fulfills a final wish before goes home to Indiana.
One year after the earthquake ravaged Haiti, progress is still slow to see.
Lynn University in Boca Raton honors the lives of four students and two professors who died in the earthquake in Haiti with a day of service and remembrance.
It's been a year since a massive 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, killing more than 200 thousand and leaving a million and half homeless.
The tears offer mute testimony for Fritz and Mary and their two young daughters. The family sat down at the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center in Miami Wednesday.
Big hugs and smiles all around as child from Haiti who were treated at Miami Children's Hospital after a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake were re-united with the doctors and nurses who took care of them.
Wednesday will be a day of remembrance across South Florida as thousands of people will gather at a number of events to mark the one year anniversary of a catastrophic earthquake which shook Port au Prince, Haiti to its knees.
Thousands of Haitians gathered Wednesday morning near the heavily damaged Presidential Palace in Port au Prince for a memorial service on the first anniversary of a massive earthquake that killed more than 230-thousand people.
The man's body lay face down, his white dress shirt shining like wax in the sun, as he was unearthed in the ruins of a Port-au-Prince restaurant a year after the earthquake.
One year after the earthquake in Haiti, some of the youngest refugees are slowly adjusting to life in South Florida.
As Haiti prepares to mark the one year anniversary of a devastating earthquake, Republican South Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen visited the island nation to observe the progress which has been made in their rebuilding efforts.
Nearly a year after an earthquake ravaged Haiti, thousands of survivors are still struggling to survive day-to-day.
A year ago this week a powerful magnitude seven earthquake plunged Haiti into chaos. While devastation still surrounds the capital city, Haitians are starting to rebuild in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince.
This week marks one year since the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The powerful magnitude-7 jolt threw an already impoverished nation into even deeper devastation.
One of the first doctors to arrive in Haiti after last year's devastating earthquake says not enough has been done to rebuild.
The family of a dying inmate will ask the Florida parole commission on Wednesday to release her from prison and allow her to go home to her family.
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson joined the ACLU Wednesday calling on Barack Obama to halt deportations of Haitians with criminal records who have completed their sentences.
Haitian children displaced by the earthquake that ravished their country will have a brighter Christmas as they receive toys at an annual holiday party.
Immigrant advocates staged a protest in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood Monday against the detention and pending deportations of hundreds of Haitians.
Florida may surpass last year's child drowning rate, prompting a push for pool safety and swim education.
The Hialeah Housing Authority began accepting online applications Wednesday, with city officials reporting they were receiving an average of 1,000 applications per hour shortly after the application period opened, at midnight.
County officials, healthcare advocates and business leaders gathered Wednesday to highlight the potential ramifications of the program's expiration, which follows a previous two-week extension.
Fabian Izaguirrecepero had 17 pending child porn counts when he was arrested, according to Miami-Dade arrest records.
Investigators said that shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, the driver of a 2024 BMW M240i, was headed south on South Federal Highway when she was involved in a rear-end crash with a 2017 Honda Accord in the 500 block.
Florida may surpass last year's child drowning rate, prompting a push for pool safety and swim education.
The Hialeah Housing Authority began accepting online applications Wednesday, with city officials reporting they were receiving an average of 1,000 applications per hour shortly after the application period opened, at midnight.
County officials, healthcare advocates and business leaders gathered Wednesday to highlight the potential ramifications of the program's expiration, which follows a previous two-week extension.
Fabian Izaguirrecepero had 17 pending child porn counts when he was arrested, according to Miami-Dade arrest records.
Investigators said that shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, the driver of a 2024 BMW M240i, was headed south on South Federal Highway when she was involved in a rear-end crash with a 2017 Honda Accord in the 500 block.
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.
A June 1 trial date was set Wednesday for Nicolás Maduro and his wife to face drug trafficking charges.
More than 43,000 immigrants were arrested last month as DHS continues to detain people in less-publicized enforcement surges.
The Office of Personnel Management said it will "pseudonymize" medical records it collects on more than 8 million people — federal workers and retirees, and their family members.
The continuing resolution would fund the federal government until Dec. 4. It now heads to the Senate, where it could face obstacles.
Lawmakers hammered the president for bulldozing norms in pursuit of his construction goals and imposing his likeness on buildings, coins and passports.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
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.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.