GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The government of Guatemala said Saturday that the offices of its honorary consul in Haiti was ransacked, the latest in the Caribbean nation’s recent wave of violenct chaos. Gangs have raged…
SAN JUAN — Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited Puerto Rico this week to highlight how the Department of the Interior is supporting locally led, landscape-scale conservation projects on the…
FREDERIKSTED — When you buy a bottle of rum in the United States, by law nearly all the federal taxes on that rum must be sent to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It’s…
SAN JUAN — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevaced a Symphony of the Seas cruise ship passenger southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on Thursday. Medevaced is 57-year-old man, U.S. citizen, who experienced…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A healthy coral reef is noisy, full of the croaks, purrs, and grunts of various fishes and the crackling of snapping shrimp. Research suggests that larval animals use this symphony of sounds…
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,…
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…