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Jamaica, Cuba survey extensive damage caused by Hurricane Melissa
Parts of the Caribbean were slowly surveying the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Melissa on Thursday after the storm brought destruction to the region and left dozens of people dead. Melissa tore through the Caribbean as one of the most...
Dear Editor: US warships in Caribbean represent ‘real and immediate threats to regional stability’
“[…] The narcotics trade continues to devastate Caribbean societies—eroding lives, futures, and the very moral fabric of our communities. This is a grave crisis for the Church and for families everywhere, and one we are duty-bound to confront....
Toward COP30: Climate change and forced migration in Latin America
Climate change not only destroys territories and ecosystems — it deepens historical inequalities and forces millions of people to move. In Latin America and the Caribbean, where structural poverty, violence, institutional weakness, and gender...
Colombia Strengthens Its Role as Indigenous Tourism Leader in Latin America
Colombia is establishing itself as a top destination for indigenous tourism, hosting the first regional congress of this type of tourism. Credit: Luis Ospino / Colombia One Colombia is consolidating its position as a benchmark country in...
Central American Games: Belize Men’s Volleyball Team to play for bronze after semifinal loss to Nicaragua
Views: 37 Views: 37 Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2025. 10:12 am CST. Kaelen Ingram against Nicaragua in the semifinal game on Monday, October 20, 2025 – Photos Credit: @norceca_info By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🏐🇧🇿 Belize’s dream of reaching the...
Serial killer butchered 110 women but was freed and now no one knows where he is
Maria Leticia Gomes GAU Writer 08:54, 30 Oct 2025Updated 08:54, 30 Oct 2025 He ranks among history's most notorious serial killers - a monster who boasted of killing hundreds of young girls throughout Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Yet Pedro Alonso...
'We Have Lived This Nightmare Before': Latin American Lawmakers Condemn Trump Extrajudicial Killings
Dozens of political leaders throughout Latin America are condemning US President Donald Trump's boat-bombing spree, which began in the Caribbean last month but has since spread to the Pacific Ocean. In a letter posted by Progressive International...
The Four Greatest South American Soccer Players In History
South American soccer players have been some of the best to have played in club and national soccer. The South American giants of Brazil and Argentina usually have a plethora of talented soccer players. As such, it cannot be considered much of a...
Mansa Musah travels from Ghana to Egypt with Delong, other Ghanaian Creatives leading the Africa Renaissance
Accra, Oct 30, GNA-The spirit of Mansa Musa and the Trail of Lost Gold continues its Pan-African journey, this time arriving in Egypt with a full Ghanaian cast and crew. After an acclaimed performance in Barbados that stirred international...
Dominica PM Leads Caribbean Charge for “Zone of Peace” Challenging Imperial Interference
Dominica’s President Sylvanie Burton, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. Photo: X October 26, 2025 Hour: 8:59 pm In a powerful reaffirmation of Caribbean sovereignty, Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit has forcefully reiterated his call...
Chipotle (CMG) Stock: Sales Forecast Cut as Customer Traffic Drops Again
TLDR Third quarter revenue of $3 billion missed Wall Street estimates by $30 million Same-store sales now expected to decline in low single digits for full year 2025 Traffic fell 0.8% marking third consecutive quarter of customer visit declines...
Today in History: October 27, 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Today is Monday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2025. There are 65 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest...
Clapcich makes history in Transat Café L'OR
by Team Francesca Clapcich 26 Oct 09:29 PDT 26 October 2025 At 1430 local time [1330 UTC], Italian American pro sailor, Francesca Clapcich crossed the startline of the Transat Café L'OR in her 60-foot foiling IMOCA, 11th Hour Racing, becoming only...
Mottley condemns U.S. military buildup in Caribbean
Oct 27, 2025 News – warns of “dangerous and untenable” situation (Kaieteur News) – Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, has issued a blistering condemnation of the United States’ military buildup in the Caribbean, warning that the region...
What Trump and Xi did and did not agree upon in their meeting
From fentanyl to rare earths, President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the last leg of his three-country Asia tour saw the world’s two biggest economies ease their trade tensions, or at least some of...
Patasar honoured with UWI doctorate for contribution to Caribbean music
Hummingbird Gold Medal recipient Mungal Patasar has received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies’ Faculties of Humanities, Education, and Sport. The renowned musician, known for pioneering a...
What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples
BOGOTA, Colombia -- From the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public view or effective state...
NEW YORK’S HIDDEN OECS NATION: OVER 300,000 EASTERN CARIBBEAN NATIONALS CALL THE BIG APPLE HOME
An in-depth analysis of migration, identity, and community among OECS citizens in New York City — the unofficial capital of the Caribbean diaspora. A CITY BUILT BY ISLANDS When you walk through Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue on a summer evening, you...
World Bank Forecasts Commodity Prices to Plunge to Six-Year Low Amid Global Oil Surplus
The World Bank has projected that global commodity prices will decline sharply in 2025, reaching their lowest levels in six years, driven largely by an oversupply in the oil market and weakening demand across major economies. In its latest...
Wolfeboro Friends of Music hosts Phaeton Piano Trio
WOLFEBORO — The Phaeton Piano Trio unites three top German artists of international standing — Friedemann Eichhorn on violin, Peter Hörr on cello and Florian Uhlig on piano — to form one of the most exciting piano trios on the international...