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JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force tanker
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JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force tanker

WILLEMSTAD (AP) — A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the…
Posted by John McCarthy December 15, 2025
Venezuela revokes flight rights for six airlines as tensions with US escalate
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Venezuela revokes flight rights for six airlines as tensions with US escalate

CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuela revoked operating rights for six major international airlines that had suspended flights to the country following a warning from the Federal Aviation Administration. The civil aviation…
Posted by John McCarthy November 27, 2025
Curaçao makes soccer history as smallest nation by population to qualify for a World Cup
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Curaçao makes soccer history as smallest nation by population to qualify for a World Cup

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The tiny Caribbean island country Curaçao will go to the 2026 World Cup as the smallest nation by population ever to qualify for the marquee event…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2025
Caribbean island residents ask court to order Dutch state to take climate action
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Caribbean island residents ask court to order Dutch state to take climate action

THE HAGUE (Reuters) — Residents of the Dutch-Caribbean told a court on Tuesday that climate change had made life on their island of Bonaire unbearably hot and dry and asked judges to…
Posted by John McCarthy October 8, 2025
The fearless lionfish hunters of the Caribbean
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The fearless lionfish hunters of the Caribbean

WILLEMSTAD (BBC) — Two women are working to save the coral reef from the invasive lionfish, using it as a sustainable teaching tool and cooking it into everything from tacos…
Posted by John McCarthy March 7, 2025
Aruba issues alert after oil spill reached neighboring Bonaire
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Aruba issues alert after oil spill reached neighboring Bonaire

ORANJESTAD (Reuters) — Aruba issued an alert this week after an oil spill that was first spotted near Tobago spread to neighboring Bonaire, threatening its mangrove forests and national parks.…
Posted by John McCarthy March 2, 2024
Tobago oil spill reaches Bonaire, threatening mangrove and coral ecosystems
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Tobago oil spill reaches Bonaire, threatening mangrove and coral ecosystems

KRALENDIJK (Reuters) — The Caribbean island of Bonaire said that oil from a spill near neighboring Tobago had reached its shores, posing a "serious threat to both humans and nature",…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2024
Curacao and Sint Maarten to welcome new currency more than a decade after becoming autonomous
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Curacao and Sint Maarten to welcome new currency more than a decade after becoming autonomous

PHILIPSBURG (AP) — A new joint currency will be launched this year for the Dutch Caribbean constituent countries of Curacao and Sint Maarten more than a decade after they became…
Posted by John McCarthy January 29, 2024
US-owned firms appear to help Venezuela avoid US sanctions
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US-owned firms appear to help Venezuela avoid US sanctions

WILLEMSTAD (AP) — A company with an office in Houston and another owned by two American citizens appear to be helping Venezuela bypass U.S. sanctions and quietly transport millions in…
Posted by John McCarthy November 28, 2023
Coast Guard Assists Sailboat Watoosh Swamped By Weather South of Puerto Rico
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Coast Guard Assists Sailboat Watoosh Swamped By Weather South of Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle assisted two U.S. boaters aboard the sailing vessel Watoosh in the Caribbean Sea and completed a two-day tow of the sailing…
Posted by John McCarthy December 10, 2022

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