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Latin American airline seats double for Jamaica – Seiveright

Jamaica Observer · July 6, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister in the Ministry of Tourism, Senator Delano Seiveright says seat capacity from Latin America into Jamaica will double this summer compared to the same period last year, reflecting the success of the Government’s...

John Leguizamo 'flabbergasted' by visit to Latin American communities

GEO TV · July 6, 2025

John Leguizamo has been flabbergasted by the sheer amount of Latin talent he’s encountered for his Leguizamo Does America docuseries. In the second season of the MSNBC docuseries, Leguizamo takes to Philadelphia, Phoenix, New Orleans and San...

Caribbean Cooperatives: A proven path to sustainable development

St. Vincent Times · July 6, 2025

The Caribbean is at a critical juncture. Climate change is battering our shores, global economic shocks are testing our resilience, and social inequalities continue to leave too many behind. Amid these challenges, a powerful and time-tested...

Tribute paid to late cultural icon Patrick Michael Foster

Barbados Today · July 6, 2025

169 Barbados and the region have lost a legend. The words of Prime Minister Mia Mottley as she paid tribute to the late Patrick Michael Foster, legendary artist, playwright, actor, director and author. She said Foster was one of the ‘very special...

The 10 Best Caribbean Hotels You Can Book With Hilton Honors Points

Caribbean Journal · July 6, 2025

There’s something deeply satisfying about unlocking a luxury Caribbean vacation using nothing but your Hilton Honors points. It’s a bit like knowing a secret — the kind of secret that smells like sea salt and sunscreen, and sounds like waves just...

Jamaica home to influential Caribbean personalities

Jamaica Observer · July 6, 2025

WORRELL... played for Jamaica from 1947 until his retirement in 1964 JAMAICA hosts the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) meeting in Montego Bay from July 6-8. In 1973 Barbados,...

A New Plan to “Reimagine” Caribbean Tourism

Caribbean Journal · July 6, 2025

The Caribbean has long been a mosaic of sun, sea, and culture — but now it wants to be something more. With a bold new roadmap unveiled in New York last month, the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization is charting a path not just to...

Chapter 12 – Stalinism [From Class Society to Communism]

AntiCapitalist Resistance · July 6, 2025

1 The defeat of the revolutionary upsurge· in Europe, 1918-1923 The international revolution expected by the Russian proletariat and the Bolshevik leaders eventually broke out in 1918. Workers’ and soldiers’ coundls were set up in Germany and...

I Stayed At One of the Best Hidden-gem Resorts in the Caribbean—and It Has Beach Bungalows, Unlimited Watersports, and a National Park Next Door

AOL ·

Carolina Ansaldo/Bitter End Yacht Club The Beach Bungalows at the Bitter End Yacht Club. Bitter End Yacht Club Bitter End Yacht Club's location on the protected North Sound of Virgin Gorda creates ideal conditions for watersports, relaxation, and...

Chapter 6 – Monopoly Capitalism [From Class Society to Communism]

AntiCapitalist Resistance · July 6, 2025

The functioning of the capitalist mode of production has not remained the same since its inception. Leaving out manufacturing capitalism, which spans the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, one can distinguish two phases in the...

Chapter 7 – The World Imperialist System [From Class Society to Communism]

AntiCapitalist Resistance · July 6, 2025

1 Capitalist industrialisation and the law of combined and uneven development Modern industrial capitalism was born in Great Britain. During the Nineteenth Century it spread progressively to most West and Central European countries, as well as to...

Veteran Caribbean journalist Rickey Singh dies

Loop News · July 6, 2025

CMC – The veteran and respected Caribbean journalist, Rickey Ramotar Singh, died in Barbados on Saturday. He was 88 years old. The Guyanese-born Singh, who received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and a Lifetime...

How Black artists are reclaiming the American flag

Vox · July 6, 2025

Imagine your average Fourth of July party. There are probably hot dogs on the grill, everyone is clad in red, white, and blue, and it culminates in a fireworks show. It may sound like a lovely way to spend a day off. But for a lot of Americans,...

South Americans bring the spirit, but Infantino needs Europe to spare the romance

Yahoo Sports - United Kingdom ·

Slowly, the red dragon stopped bouncing and swaying and looked around in confusion for the source of the noise. It reached out what can only be described as a claw and tapped the blue dragon on the shoulder, trying to attract its attention. It did...

Dollar Doubters Seed Historic Gains for Developing World Debt

Yahoo Finance ·

(Bloomberg) -- US policy volatility has sent money managers scouring the world for alternatives, propelling local bonds from emerging-market countries to their best first half in 16 years. Most Read from Bloomberg The surge in demand for...

ICE raids have not only inspired activism — but art

LAist - California · July 6, 2025

More for families. If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love LAist’s early childhood newsletter. Every two weeks, you’ll receive top reads and resources on issues affecting families with kids ages 0–5. For decades, L.A.-based cartoonist Lalo...

The unwinnable war America's Founding Fathers fought and won changed human history forever

Fox News ·

Actor Kelsey Grammer discusses his latest Fox Nation feature, 'Blood on the Bridge: The Battle of Lexington & Concord,' and celebrating America. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two hundred and forty-nine years ago, 56 men met in the...

Costa Rica Leads AI Adoption in Small Businesses Across Latin America

Tico Times · July 5, 2025

Costa Rica is standing out as a regional leader in artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, particularly among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). About 50% of Costa Rican SMEs now use AI tools in their daily operations, according to Trycore,...

Bob Kustra: Donald Trump’s ethnic cleansing is proof of man’s inhumanity to man

Chicago Tribune - Illinois · July 6, 2025

One of the great mysteries of my family life is what possessed two teenage sisters at the turn of the 20th century to leave home in Rzeszow, Poland, and head for a new life in America. I’m sure the poverty of the peasantry under the...

A New Wave of Affordable EVs Are Landing on Latin American Shores. Let’s Check Some of Them!

CleanTechnica · July 6, 2025

Chinese EVs started arriving early on in Latin America, if only by a trickle of old workhorses such as the BYD E6 (back when European EVs were nearly as affordable as the Chinese ones, and with much better design). Entering the mainstream took...