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Trump wants to extend travel ban to many Caribbean, African countries

WASHINGTON (Reuters) —President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department…

John McCarthy June 15, 2025

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Caribbean leaders seek clarity as US mulls sweeping travel bans

BRIDGETOWN (Reuters) — Leaders from across the Caribbean are seeking clarity after a draft of a U.S. government list of over 40 countries which could face sweeping travel restrictions was…

John McCarthy March 20, 2025

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Caribbean leaders push back on U.S. travel-ban threats, ask Washington for clarity

HAVANA — The leaders of several Caribbean governments being targeted under a proposed U.S. travel ban say they have received no formal notifications from the Trump administration that their nation…

John McCarthy March 19, 2025

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St. Kitts launches investigation after 19 people found dead in drifting vessel

BASSETERRE — Authorities in the eastern Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis said they are investigating the circumstances that led to the discovery of at least 19 bodies found drifting at…

John McCarthy February 1, 2025

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Guns smuggled from the US are blamed for a surge in killings on more Caribbean islands

COCKBURN TOWN (AP) — Dozens of soldiers and police fanned out across a neighborhood on a recent night in the Turks & Caicos Islands just days after the archipelago reported a record…

John McCarthy November 21, 2024

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World’s Top Caribbean Tourism Destinations Are Also Most Dangerous For Homicides

KINGSTON — The Caribbean emerged as the world's top tourist region in 2023. Seven of the world's top ten most visited countries have a Caribbean coastline, continuing the region's dominance…

John McCarthy November 2, 2023

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Ferreira’s hat trick leads US over St Kitts and Nevis 6-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jesús Ferreira scored his second international hat trick, Djordje Mihailovic had two goals and the 13th-ranked United States overwhelmed No. 139 St. Kitts and Nevis 6-0…

John McCarthy July 11, 2023

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Laws In Some Caribbean Countries Still Criminalize Gay Sex

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — In recent years, several Caribbean nations have struck down laws criminalizing same-sex relations. Courts in Belize in 2016 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2018 found…

John McCarthy June 16, 2023

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At Least 3 Dead, 13 Missing After Boat Capsizes Near St. Kitts

BASSETERRE (Reuters) — At least three people died and 13 were missing after a boat traveling to the eastern Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis from neighboring Antigua…

John McCarthy March 29, 2023

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Magnitude 6.2 Quake Strikes Near Guadeloupe; No Damage Reported

BASSE-TERRE — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on Friday and was felt as far away as Puerto Rico. Local media reported that some…

John McCarthy January 21, 2023