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Jamaica

Arcs in and about Jamaica from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 95 stories · 994 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 11, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Sep 2.

All arcs1 named arc in 2026

Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.

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Gone quiet · 1

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every arc in 2026 at its own dates · opens on month
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Haiti's gang war: Ariel Henry's resignation and the foreign police missions

6 of 94 stories this year · 2 about Jamaica · gone quiet

Sanctioned former president Michel Martelly returns to Haiti as some cheer · 5 articles, Jul 15Haiti starts to register voters in violent capital under gang menace · 6 articles, Jul 30Haitian gangs release 13 captives after mass kidnapping in Kenscoff · 37 articles, Aug 24Mourners file into a church in Haiti where gangs killed dozens of people in latest rampage · 9 articles, Aug 27Violent Haitian gang releases women, kids after kidnapping · 7 articles, Aug 29US extends ban on flights to Haiti’s capital as gang violence surges · 6 articles, Sep 2

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

202327 articles20241216 articles2025899 articles2026156 articles

Earlier years are still being indexed.

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Oct 9, 20230516
Oct 30, 202312110
Nov 13, 20231329
Jan 22, 20240106
Jan 29, 202449354
Feb 26, 20241217
Mar 4, 202465118
Mar 11, 202411285102
Mar 18, 20240215
Apr 1, 20240022
May 27, 202404021
Jul 1, 2024366611481
Jul 8, 2024203313192
Jul 29, 202429019
Aug 5, 2024310036
Sep 2, 20241215
Oct 28, 20240103
Nov 4, 202410235135
Nov 11, 202404212
Nov 18, 20242419
Dec 23, 20241102
Dec 30, 202429644
Apr 14, 20250101
Apr 21, 20251114
Jul 14, 2025211123
Aug 18, 202522116
Oct 20, 202512324156
Oct 27, 2025236711517
Nov 3, 202523113
Nov 10, 202526238
Nov 17, 20252217
Nov 24, 2025815560
Dec 29, 20250011
Jun 29, 20262002
Jul 6, 202603013
Jul 13, 20261315
Jul 20, 202637766
Jul 27, 20261203
Aug 3, 20261204
Aug 10, 20261001
Aug 17, 20261002
Aug 24, 20262205
Aug 31, 20260213
Sep 7, 202615211
Sep 14, 202645012
Sep 21, 202654220
Sep 28, 20263105

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else11 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Jamaica that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Sep 25Miss Jamaica sues Miss Universe after brutal stage fall left her with brain injury and ‘permanently altered’ her life2 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 2 right
  2. Sep 24Man, 48, dies after falling from scaffolding, police say3 articles · 3 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  3. Sep 23– 24Marlon James explores homophobia in Jamaica in new novel2 articles · 2 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 0 right
  4. Sep 14– 1612-year-old is 2nd to be arrested after loaded gun brought to Tampa school: police7 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 0 right
  5. Sep 11Jamaica’s Reparations Push1 articles · 1 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right
  6. Sep 6– 8Jamaica takes its case for reparations for Britain’s role in slavery to King Charles III12 articles · 11 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 2 right

Stories that name Jamaica

  1. Aug 30– 31Man dies after falling on third rail at Forest Hills MBTA station6 articles · 4 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 0 right
  2. Jul 23– 25ICE detains Southwest Airlines flight attendant while at work54 articles · 14 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 4 right
  3. Jul 21– 22Cornyn says he'll block Trump diplomat nominees to unfreeze PEPFAR funds8 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 3 right
  4. Jul 8– 11English court to rule on Trinidad’s gay sex prohibition12 articles · 12 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right

Local coverage

  1. Sep 28Elevated views of the Arnold Arboretum flow from this Jamaica Plain condo for $700k2 articles · 2 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 0 right
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