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COVID-19’s Shadow Pandemic: A Surge In Violence Against Women And Girls

A survey of five Caribbean countries showed that nearly half of women have faced at least one form of physical, economic, emotional or sexual violence.Unequal power relations between women and…

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‘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…

VI Free Press December 3, 2020

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New UN Report Warns Of Malnutrition Problem In The Caribbean, Latin America

SANTIAGO, Chile — A new United Nations report released here Wednesday shows the territorial inequality of malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report titled “Regional Overview of Food…

VI Free Press December 3, 2020

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Caribbean Countries Want Reparations From Slave-Owning Countries of Europe

BRIDGETOWN — Caribbean countries have demanded that the former European slaving nations pay back their debts, vowing to eliminate colonial remnants that still exist in the region. The call came…

VI Free Press December 3, 2020

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Coast Guard Calls Off Search For 6 People Missing From Capsized Boat Since Sunday

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard rescue crews ended the search Wednesday night for possible survivors of a capsized migrant boat in the Mona Passage near Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico. Six…

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State Department Asks Americans Not To Travel To Antigua and Barbuda Because Of COVID-19

ST. JOHN'S — The U.S. Department of State is recommending U.S. travelers reconsider travel to Antigua and Barbuda due to “health and safety measures and COVID-related conditions.” Issued Monday, the…

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1st Hotel Indigo Is Coming To The Cayman Islands Near 7 Mile Beach

GEORGE TOWN — The Caribbean’s tourism sector may be suffering along with the rest on the world in the pandemic, but the first Hotel Indigo is coming to the region.…

VI Free Press December 2, 2020

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Drunk Man Goes Berserk In Puerto Rico Airport When Asked To Put On A Face Mask

SAN JUAN — An impaired man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after attacking a Department of Health employee at Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport this past weekend.…

VI Free Press December 1, 2020

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4 Rescued, 6 Missing After Boat Capsizes Near Desecheo Island Off Of Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard said today that four people have been rescued and it is searching for six more who were on a boat that capsized west…

VI Free Press December 1, 2020

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3 Dominicans With 816 Pounds Of Cocaine Nabbed By U.S. Coast Guard, CBP Near Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) was involved in a $10 million drug bust in Caribbean waters recently. The U.S. Coast…

VI Free Press November 29, 2020