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  • Ex-president seeks comeback in Dominican Republic

  • In this combo of two photographs, Danilo Medina, left, presidential candidate of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party, speaks during an interview on May 15, 2012, and Hipolito Mejia, former president and candidate of the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party, listens to a question on May 17, 2012, both in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Medina and Mejia are the two leading candidates for the Sunday presidential elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz)A former president whose term ended with the worst economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic will seek to make a comeback Sunday as he faces an old rival in a race to lead the Caribbean's top tourist destination.



  • Ruling party in Dominican election seeks four more years

  • Santo Domingo (Reuters) - Ruling party candidate Danilo Medina is looking for revenge in Sunday's presidential election in the Dominican Republic 12 years after he lost in a landslide to opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia. Most opinion polls appear give him the edge, showing Medina of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) leading by a margin of 5 percentage points over Mejia for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). ...
  • Dominican vote likely to be close

  • Two veteran politicians contest elections in the Dominican Republic after a presidential campaign dominated by concerns over rising food and fuel costs.
  • Sean Penn opens wallets for Haiti at Cannes gala

  • CANNES (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival took time out from the movies to raise money for Haiti on Friday night, with Sean Penn at the helm pleading the humanitarian cause at a celebrity gala. "Okay, room. Haiti is watching us tonight like you cannot believe," Penn told the black-tie crowd who had paid up to $100,000 for a table at the "Carnival in Cannes", just steps from the famous red carpet. ...
  • Rubio's past includes political vulnerabilities

  • Sen. Marco Rubio has close ties to a colleague accused of questionable financial dealings. The freshman senator also once was enmeshed in a controversy over the use of the state party's credit card for his personal expenses. And he has faced increased scrutiny over his personal background since bursting onto the national political scene, including conflicting details of his parents' immigration from Cuba and his recently disclosed ties to the Mormon faith.
  • 11th Havana Biennial Attract Americans

  • With fewer travel restrictions to Cuba, more than 1,300 Americans — collectors, curators, dealers and others — have registered to attend this year’s Havana Biennial, close to the high reached in 2000.


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