MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president today asserted his country’s right to send fuel to Cuba and said U.S. sanctions on the island were “inhumane,” after a diesel cargo shipped by Mexico’s state-run…
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UN General Secretary to CARICOM: COVID-19 Can Only Be Defeated With Vaccines
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the opening session of the eleventh Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-United Nations General Meeting: Let me begin by thanking you for taking…
FLYING HIGH AGAIN! Hopes Soar For USVI Athletes At 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
TOKYO — Swimmers Natalia Kuipers and Adriel Sanes carried the flag high for the U.S. Virgin Islands during the cold opening of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. They were joined by archer…
Haiti’s History of Violence and Rebellion
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean’s first independent state of the colonial era and the first Black-led republic when it threw off French rule in the 19th century. But…
Doctor’s Hospital Takes Legal Action About Process Of Hiring Doctors
GEORGE TOWN — Doctors Hospital has applied to the Grand Court in Cayman for leave for judicial review of the ongoing failure by the Government of the Cayman Islands to formulate and…
Latin America, Caribbean To Defend Beef Production at UN Food Summit
ASUNCIÓN — Latin American and Caribbean countries, especially big food producers in South America, will join forces to defend the region’s livestock production at a United Nations’ food summit this month amid…
Fossil Rodent Teeth Add North American Twist To Caribbean Mammals’ Origin Story
SAN JUAN — Two fossil teeth from a distant relative of North American gophers have scientists rethinking how some mammals reached the Caribbean Islands. The teeth, excavated in northwest Puerto Rico, belong…
Police In Jamaica Use High Tech To Spot Getaway Cars … Before They Get Away
KINGSTON — According to the Caribbean Tourism Organization, 2019 saw 32 million international tourists descend upon the region. Those millions of tourists bring with them tens of billions of dollars – plenty…
3,000 Passengers Trapped On Cruise Ship Due To 1 COVID-19 Case Can Finally Leave
SINGAPORE — Guests began leaving a Genting Cruise Lines “cruise to nowhere” this evening after nearly 3,000 passengers and crew were confined to their staterooms through most of the day following the…
Haitians Apprehensive of Foreign Troops As Government Seeks U.S. Help
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A troubled past of foreign military intervention has made many Haitians anxious or hostile to calls requesting U.S. or other foreign troops be sent to there in the aftermath of…