HAVANA (AP) — One religious icon unites Cubans: The Virgin of Charity of Cobre. Cuba’s patron saint is venerated by observant Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions as well as Cubans in exile and…
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) — British Petroleum (BP) and Venezuela confirmed on Thursday they are in talks with Trinidad and Tobago government to develop a shared offshore gas field in the Caribbean. BP has been seeking…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Royal Caribbean is suspending cruise ship ports of call in Labadee, on the northern coast of Haiti, as violence escalates in the Caribbean country. “The safety and security of our guests, crew,…
CHRISTIANSTED (AP) — System failures at McDonald’s were reported worldwide Friday, shuttering some restaurants for hours and leading to social media complaints from customers, in what the fast food chain called a “technology outage” that…
SAN JUAN — More than a dozen people have been charged in connection with an operation trafficking “significant quantities” of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania. Seventeen people from Lawrence County, Puerto Rico and Youngstown,…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A plan to create a transitional presidential council is moving forward after a majority of Haitian parties and coalitions submitted the names of those charged with finding new leaders for the country, Caribbean officials…
COCKBURN TOWN — The Indiana mom who perished last month while flying home from vacation in the Dominican Republic died from a tear to one of her neck arteries, her brother said today. Stefanie Smith,…
SAN JUAN — A groundbreaking study of ancient cave paintings in Puerto Rico has pushed back the record of precolonial cultures on the archipelago. Some of the oldest pictographs sampled date to between 740BC and 400BC—centuries…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their mushers braved the elements in the 1,000-mile…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appeared to be crumbling Wednesday as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the transition. The panel would be…