TEGUCIGALPA — Per the Global Humanitarian Overview 2022, Latin America and the Caribbean has experienced a significant increase in the number of people in need since 2018, climbing from 9.6 million people to 26.4 million in 2021. This increase owes, in part, to the increasing frequency and intensity of sudden-onset disasters and recurrent climate shocks, […]
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St. Thomas and Grand Bahama Island Are 2 Places To Avoid In Caribbean, Report Says
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — “Our newly updated Caribbean island report at InternationalLiving.com has seen a spike in web traffic of 225 percent over the last month. And that traffic is up 184 percent over the same period last year,” says Jennifer Stevens, Executive Editor, International Living. “Interest in the Caribbean has increased, which is not surprising considering the cold weather that’s plagued much of the […]
‘American-Led’ Group Building ‘Hong Kong of the Caribbean’ In Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA — An American-led group of foreign investors is developing an experimental city on an island off the coast of Honduras, with ambitions to become the Hong Kong of the Caribbean. But the project has sparked fears of a land grab among locals. The quiet fishing village of Crawfish Rock, located on the island of […]