PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in
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Trinidad and Tobago reckons with colonialism in a debate on statues, signs and monuments of its past
PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — In a small auditorium in the seaside capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Christopher Columbus and other colonial-era figures came under
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New Study Reveals USVI Was A Melting Pot … Before Christopher Columbus Arrived In 1493
SALT RIVER — When Christopher Columbus arrived at the present-day US Virgin Islands on his second voyage across the Atlantic in 1493, the islands were
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U.S. Parades, Protests Mark Columbus Day, Now Also Indigenous Peoples’ Day
NEW YORK — Christopher Columbus Day drew crowds on Monday with U.S. city parades marking the explorer’s voyage and Italian-American culture, as the focus increasingly
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Taino Indians Are Alive and Well and Living In Puerto Rico … At Least Their Descendants … DNA Says
SAN JUAN — They were called the Taíno, and the Europeans who colonized their land took almost everything away from them. A half-century after Christopher
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