PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court has rejected a request by three groups seeking reparations for slavery in a case that originated on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The court’s decision on Wednesday said…
CARACAS — Long before sunrise, dozens of people gather around more than 50 boats along this portion of Venezuela’s vast Caribbean coast, their tanned bodies showing scars and maimed hands from years of fishing. Most…
MIAMI (Reuters) — Cruise giant Royal Caribbean raised its full-year profit forecast this week after posting a record for quarterly revenue, sending its shares to a three-year high on Thursday. Royal Caribbean and rivals have benefited…
Did you know we have a new audio series, SSA Talks? You can learn more about our top priorities by listening at www.ssa.gov/news/audio-series.html. In our first episode, Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi and Janet Walker, Associate…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Vice President Kamala Harris said more than $100 million in new assistance for the Caribbean is available, including the establishment of two U.S. embassies. Over $50 million will be spent on humanitarian…
NEW YORK (Reuters) — The U.S. Virgin Islands unveiled new accusations against JPMorgan Chase over the bank’s ties to former client Jeffrey Epstein, including executives discussing how the disgraced late financier surrounded himself with “nymphettes.” JPMorgan…
SAN JUAN (AP) — A key dam in Puerto Rico that was severely damaged nearly six years ago by Hurricane Maria will be rebuilt and improved, officials announced Thursday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…
CHRISTIANSTED — Administrators of the Juan F. Luis Hospital said a crack in the ceiling visible at its Emergency Room modular unit is a “cosmetic” issue, rather than a “structural” issue. The question was posed…
NEW YORK — A federal judge denied a request by the U.S. Virgin Islands to block JPMorgan Chase & Co. from arguing that the territory has “unclean hands” in suing the bank for allegedly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Apollo Global Management Inc. co-founder Leon Black paid $62.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to avoid any legal claims tied to a Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation, the New York Times reported…