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Eerie Stories Reflect Our Fears and Anxieties

Eerie Stories Reflect Our Fears and Anxieties

Have you ever felt something is eerie? Perhaps an experience seems strange and even frightening, but you don’t know exactly what is so odd. That sensation is common; it’s been experienced by people and expressed in art across cultures and time...

Owner:  Tufts University
'Near stationary' Tropical Storm Melissa is moving slower than a person walking — and it may bring deadly flash floods to the Caribbean" target="_self"…
Let’s hope we never have to ‘Remember the Ford’

Let’s hope we never have to ‘Remember the Ford’

One night in 1898, a fire broke out on the USS Maine, which was anchored in Havana Harbor, igniting the warship’s ammunition and sinking it with the loss of 266 sailors. That wasn’t what school children were told for decades, but in 1978, Adm....

Owner:  Maria Saporta
Paris Challenges London’s Art Crown With Art Basel Paris 2025 Edition At Grand Palais
Crowded Dem primaries, GOP field for governor take shape as candidates file for office

Crowded Dem primaries, GOP field for governor take shape as candidates file for office

Article Summary Hundreds of candidates filed petitions on Monday to run for office in 2026 as several primary races take shape. U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ push to redraw Illinois’ congressional maps hung over the filing day as...

Owner:  Wright Family
US Carried Out Another Strike on Drug Boat in Caribbean, Hegseth Says

US Carried Out Another Strike on Drug Boat in Caribbean, Hegseth Says

A screenshot shows the moment before a U.S. military strike on a vessel suspected of carrying narcotics through international waters near Venezuela, posted by War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Oct. 24, 2025. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth via X The...

Owner:  John Tang
Tourism Post-Pandemic: Can Latin America Rebuild with Sustainability in Mind?

Tourism Post-Pandemic: Can Latin America Rebuild with Sustainability in Mind?

Latin America, like everyone else, felt the impact immediately when travel was stopped during the pandemic. However, as a region built heavily on tourism, it felt the consequences on a deeper level. That included millions of workers who depended...

Owner:  Editorial Global de Publicaciones S.A.S. (Non-transparent)
You can paint with a Latin American insect to discover new colors. An artist in CT shows how.

You can paint with a Latin American insect to discover new colors. An artist in CT shows how.

Mexican artist María Vargas is standing inside La Grua Center in Stonington behind a table covered with paint brushes and bottles of acrylic paint. There’s also a ceramic bowl filled with dried insects that look like peppered pebbles. “Grana...

Owner:  Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network & American Government
Kali Uchis Announces ‘The Sincerely, Tour’ in Latin America

Kali Uchis Announces ‘The Sincerely, Tour’ in Latin America

Kali Uchis is heading to Latin America next year. This morning (Oct. 20), the Colombian-American superstar revealed new dates for The Sincerely, Tour. Back in May, Kali announced the original dates for her The Sincerely, Tour. The first leg took...

Owner:  John W. Rogers Jr.
Polack Post: Caribbean Unity – Out Of Many One

Polack Post: Caribbean Unity – Out Of Many One

By Peter Polack Peter Polack The United States Of America has a unique connection with Jamaica in that they share the same national motto. For the USA it is E Pluribus Unum or out of many, one. For Jamaica it is ‘Out of Many, One People’. It is...

Owner:  Joan & Colin Wilson
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Takeover: The NFL’s Bold Bet on Latin America’s Future Fans

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Takeover: The NFL’s Bold Bet on Latin America’s Future Fans

When Bad Bunny walks onto the Super Bowl halftime stage, it won’t just be a concert—it’ll be a conversion ritual. The world’s most-watched show will double as the NFL’s loudest declaration yet that its next era of growth speaks Spanish, dances...

Owner:  Editorial Global de Publicaciones S.A.S. (Non-transparent)
Trump adds Colombia to Latin America target list

Trump adds Colombia to Latin America target list

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech in Bogota, Colombia, July 16, 2024. [AP Photo/Fernando Vergara]In a major expansion of imperialist warmongering throughout the Caribbean region, US President Donald Trump denounced the president...

Owner:  International Committee of the Fourth International
How Latin America’s Indigenous Rappers Are Rewriting the Soundtrack of Pride

How Latin America’s Indigenous Rappers Are Rewriting the Soundtrack of Pride

Bad Bunny may headline the Super Bowl, but the deeper revolution is happening far from the stadium lights. Across Latin America, indigenous rappers are reviving languages once silenced by empire, using beats and verses to turn shame into swagger....

Owner:  Editorial Global de Publicaciones S.A.S. (Non-transparent)
News The Guardian Pentagon chief announces another US military strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean
Artistic showcase presents cultural discourse, Black empowerment through music, poetry
Melissa: torrential rains, flooding & landslides in the Caribbean

Melissa: torrential rains, flooding & landslides in the Caribbean

FPREN | By Irene Sans Melissa remains a tropical storm over the Caribbean, moving at just 2 mph toward the north-northwest. Tropical storm and hurricane watches have been issued for parts of Haiti and Jamaica. The tropical storm is already...

Owner:  Nathan B. Stubblefield Foundation, Inc. & American Government
Rustie Lee bringing Caribbean culinary expertise to Taste North 2025

Rustie Lee bringing Caribbean culinary expertise to Taste North 2025

Taste North organisers say Rustie Lee will bring 'something truly special’ with her warmth, talent and passion for food.TV personality Rustie Lee is to be the headline chef at Taste North 2025, the far north’s annual celebration of food and drink....

Owner:  Peter Fowler & Edward Iliffe
Prisma Photonics Raises $30 Million to Expand AI-Driven Infrastructure Monitoring Platform

Prisma Photonics Raises $30 Million to Expand AI-Driven Infrastructure Monitoring Platform

Prisma Photonics has closed an oversubscribed $30 million growth funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $80 million. The round was led by Protego Ventures, with participation from Adara Ventures, the investment arm of a leading Latin...

Owner:  Chris Ferrell
Culture to Do: Oct. 22, 2025

Culture to Do: Oct. 22, 2025

Sneak Preview: The American Revolution by Ken Burns Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley Street Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. NEPM, Historic Northampton and Historic Deerfield have partnered to present a sneak preview of “The American...

Owner:  New England Public Media Inc. & American Government

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