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Haiti’s government is doubling down on the construction of a canal on Haitian soil that prompted the neighboring Dominican Republic last week to shutter land, air and sea borders that both countries share SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Haiti’s government on Thursday doubled down on the construction of a canal on Haitian soil that would divert water from a river it shares with the Dominican Republic, which in response last week shuttered land, air and sea borders between both countries. The Haitian government said on social media that the agriculture ministry is working with a group of Haitians building the canal so that it meets technical standards and ensure it would not negatively affect crops and people living in the nearby Maribaroux plain, which is under a drought. The canal "MUST BE BUILT," the government said in a series of posts on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter. It added that “the ministry always remains available to sit with all sectors concerned in th...

The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana says she has decided to live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats MEXICO CITY -- The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana said she has decided to live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats . Mayor Montserrat Caballero announced the decision after confirming that police had found seven dead bodies stuffed in a pickup truck on Monday. “I have received threats , so I am going to live at the base,” Caballero said. Local media reported the army base is on the southern edge of Tijuana, about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the city hall. Caballero did not say who the threats had come from. But it is well known that several drug cartels are waging turf battles in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, California. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the threats had been made by “organized crime groups,” a term used in Mexico to refer to drug cartels. López Obrador said the same t...