Stand your ground: How one community in Brazil is coping with rising tides
Wed Nov 12 7:00 am
For more than 40 years Ivanil lived in a house raised on stilts just 20 metres from the water’s edge, in the same community where she was born, on Marajó Island where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean in northern Brazil.
Hurricane Melissa: Relief efforts intensify as damage across Caribbean grows
Tue Nov 11 7:00 am
Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, governments and aid agencies are still struggling to reach communities left without homes, healthcare and basic services, as damage assessments in Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti continue to rise, the UN said on Tuesday.
Trapped behind bars: Reforming Haiti’s broken detention system
Tue Nov 11 7:00 am
Fifty-two prisoners have died in Haiti’s overcrowded prisons between July and September this year in conditions that have been described by the United Nations as “inhuman and degrading.”
Nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth wiped out by Hurricane Melissa
Thu Nov 06 7:00 am
Around 1.5 million Jamaicans have been impacted by Hurricane Melissa – the worst climate disaster in the Caribbean nation’s history, said the top UN development official in the region on Thursday.
Hurricane Melissa: UN launches $74 million response for 2.2 million in Cuba
Wed Nov 05 7:00 am
Around 2.2 million Cubans remain in dire need of assistance across the eastern provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, and Guantanamo as the after effects of Hurricane Mellisa continue, UN aid workers said on Wednesday.
Half of Jamaica’s population reeling from Hurricane Melissa
Tue Nov 04 7:00 am
More than 1.5 million Jamaicans have been impacted by the devastation resulting from Hurricane Melissa, many losing their homes and livelihoods.
