Sociedad Media covers the Caribbean’s most consequential stories—from Cuba’s historic political crisis and U.S.-Cuba negotiations, to developments in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and the U.S. military campaign targeting drug trafficking networks across the region. Original English-language reporting on the islands that sit at the crossroads of American foreign policy and Miami’s Caribbean community
Dominican Republic orders nine Cuban diplomats to leave by August 16, offering no public reason — the latest in a wave of regional diplomatic isolation for Havana that includes Ecuador’s March expulsion & Colombia’s pending rupture
Puerto Rico’s water crisis runs deeper than the burst pipe that triggered it — 59% of treated water never reaches residents, and the response has now escalated to mandatory rationing
Federal agents apprehend 37 undocumented migrants in a single day off Puerto Rico, part of a pattern of maritime interdictions this year. The deeper story is low-skilled workers leaving the island in large numbers as low-wage migrant labor move in to fill the gap
Gran Grif gang swept through the Jean-Denis neighborhood of Petite-Rivière de l'Artibonite in central Haiti on Sunday, leaving bodies in the streets and homes in flames. It is the latest in a pattern of massacres that has defined life and death in Haiti
Two humanitarian aid sailboats carrying a toddler vanished in Caribbean waters where U.S. strikes make their mark. A Mexican outlet raised the question, but the boats arrived safely in Cuba on Friday
One in four Haitians live under gang control. 5,519 people killed in a single year. And a new international force deploys in April—into the same crisis that swallowed every mission before it. Will this one succeed?
U.S. continues seizures of sanctioned oil tankers tied to Venezuela, boarding two vessels, named Sophia & a Russian-flagged tanker, named Bella 1 in the North Atlantic Ocean
U.S. military "in active pursuit" of third oil tanker in Caribbean waters, as authorities crack down on Venezuelan shadow fleet to transport sanctioned oil to U.S. adversaries
The island government opens in airports to U.S. flight operations as part of full cooperation with Washington, spurring the anger of the Maduro regime in Venezuela
U.S. Marine elements expand presence in Puerto Rico, drawing concerns from locals as tensions between the Trump administration & Venezuelan government reach feverish pitch
