WILLEMSTAD (Reuters) — Venezuela’s state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela has signed an agreement to settle debts to Curacao’s refinery after ceasing operations in 2019,
Read moreCaribbean unemployment near decade low in 2023, may reverse next year, UN labor agency says
BRIDGETOWN (Reuters) — Unemployment in the Caribbean and Latin America fell in 2023 to its lowest level since 2014, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said
Read moreCocoa grown illegally in a Nigerian rainforest heads to companies that supply major chocolate makers
OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked
Read moreDiana Nyad marks anniversary of epic Cuba-Florida swim, freeing rehabilitated sea turtle in the Keys
KEY WEST (AP) — A decade after swimming the treacherous passage from Cuba to Key West, Diana Nyad returned Sunday to the beach where she completed
Read moreJamaican runner Christopher Taylor banned for avoiding a doping test and will miss Paris Olympics
MONACO (AP) — Jamaican runner Christopher Taylor was banned for 2½ years Friday for avoiding a doping test and will miss next year’s Paris Olympics. The Athletics
Read moreBarbados PM Mottley calls for slavery reparation conversations
LONDON (Reuters) — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley used a speech in London on Wednesday to call for a global conversation on reparations for countries
Read moreGuyana, Venezuela agree to not use force or escalate tensions in Esequibo dispute
KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Reuters) — Guyana and Venezuela on Thursday agreed to avoid any use of force and to not escalate tensions
Read moreTravelers ready to set sail on cruises at record levels next year
MIAMI (Reuters) — Next year is looking like a banner year for cruise vacations, as travelers across all income and budget levels have been booking
Read moreJamaican security forces shot more than 100 people this year. A body camera was used only once
KINGSTON (AP) — A government agency in Jamaica found that security forces were not wearing body cameras when they fatally shot or injured more than
Read moreVenezuela and Guyana to meet on December 14 amid territorial dispute
SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro will meet with Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Thursday amid a territorial dispute between the two
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