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Income Level Alone Should Not Determine How Much Benefit Aid A Country Receives: OP-ED Piece

SANTIAGO, Chile — The recent call to action by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Janet Yellen, to the G-20 for a new issue of IMF Special…

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Coast Guard Returns 58 Illegals To Dominican Republic After Plucking Them Off Makeshift Boats

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard repatriated 58 migrants to the Dominican Republic Sunday, following the interdiction of two illegal voyages in Mona Passage waters between the Dominican Republic and Puerto…

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8 Dead, Including Prison Director, After Haiti Jail Break, Free-For-All

CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti — A prison director was among at least eight people killed on Thursday after several inmates tried to escape from a prison in Haiti’s capital, a police officer…

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Nicaragua Finds Boat With Bodies Of 6 Migrants In Caribbean

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan authorities said the bodies of six people, apparently migrants, have been found in a small boat drifting off the Caribbean coast. The Interior Ministry said a…

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Britain’s Older Caribbean Immigrants Get A Taste Of Home During Coronavirus

LONDON — Glenda Andrew pulls a tray of salmon from the oven, filling the community center’s kitchen with the aroma of garlic, cayenne, and lemon rising from its crackling skin. It…

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Cuba’s Struggling Entrepreneurs Look To Biden With Hope

HAVANA — Business was booming for a trendy little clothing shop called Clandestina in the heart of Old Havana, one of thousands of new private businesses that had arisen in…

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Sun, Sand, Sea, Shots: Caribbean Seeks Vaccines To Revive Nosediving Economy

SAN JUAN — The Caribbean is hunting for visitors and vaccines to jump-start the stalled economy in one of the world’s most tourism-dependent regions. Clear waters and warm sand attracted…

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Reggae Icon Bunny Wailer, Last Wailers Member, Dies At Age 73

KINGSTON — Bunny Wailer, the legendary Jamaican reggae singer who founded the Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh and was the last surviving founding member, has died at a…

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Royal Caribbean Starting ‘Fully-Vaccinated’ Cruises From Israel This Summer

TEL AVIV — Royal Caribbean International is preparing to offer cruises from Israel for the first time. Cruises will begin June 2 and continue through to the Jewish holidays at…

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9-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Caned During ‘Exorcism’ In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Police in Sri Lanka said today they have arrested two people in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl who was repeatedly beaten during a…

VI Free Press March 1, 2021