Caribbean News
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Chikungunya virus is spread by mosquitoes and has been galloping across the Caribbean. Experts say that it's likely to hit the U.S.
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Who doesn't know Miss Piggy? The adorable, lovable, fluffy Muppet. And who doesn't know that pigs love to waddle in mud?
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62-year-old Lamenda Kingdom had always longed to visit the famous Alhambra in Granada, Spain. However, she ended up on a flight to the Caribbean island of Grenada instead. Just one letter makes the world of difference.
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Gladiators had lions to contend with during the “blood sport” games in Ancient Rome. And when you think scuba divers, a sort of modern-day gladiator, you probably think of them contending with sharks, the “Jaws” that rule the ocean waters.
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“I’m too old for this. I’m not going to be driven off of my land again,” says Juliana Guzman, a farmer from La Cerca in Dominican Republic. The walls of her house are riddled with cracks from the explosions that shake the ground every day.
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Even as Hurricane Sandy has passed through Haiti, the people of the country are far from recovering as it deals with problems that grow increasingly worse.
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As the world concentrates on the latest devastation in the US, Sandy has already done some serious damage to other countries, including Haiti and Cuba. Sandy took the lives of 54 people in Haiti and 11 in Cuba.
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Federal, state, and local governments scramble along the east coast of the United States in preparation for Hurricane Sandy which has become a "Frankenstorm." But, could Sandy be to Obama as Katrina was to Bush?
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Researchers from Arkansas State University have discovered a parasitic crustacean which infects fish in the coral reefs of the eastern Caribbean. They named it after Bob.
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A huge election victory has seen Jamaica's first female prime minister swept back into office. Portia Simpson-Miller secured her big election victory after a campaign dominated by the economy.
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Tropical storm Rina has recently gathered strength as it moves through the Caribbean. It is now classified as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 80 mph and gusts up to 100 mph.
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Netflix has been the largest Internet movie and TV series subscription/mail order service since 1997. Today, its online streaming is being launched in Latin America and the Caribbean for unlimited DVDs, movies and television shows.
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Tropical Storm Irene was upgraded to a hurricane after she battered Puerto Rico packing 80 mph winds and heavy rains. Hurricane Irene, the first named storm of the season, has her eye on Florida and is expected to impact the Sunshine State by the weekend.
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Trouble began earlier this week in Kingston after the government approved a US extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke, a reputed gang boss. Police were shot and killed, retreating from police stations set on fire by supporters of Dudus.
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Grenada police say a man calmly walked into the police station and declared, “I have two heads for all you” as he handed them a couple buckets carrying the severed heads of a pair of local islanders who were later found decapitated and mutilated.
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Two weeks ago, Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, which killed approximately 150,000 people. On Tuesday, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Haiti region again.
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The powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti may not be the last to devastate the region, earthquake experts said recently. "Much larger quakes, of magnitude 8 or more, have occurred in this region and will do so again," said one researcher.
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Countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) agreed to introduce regional common currency, the sucre.
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It is believed that an invasion of predatory lion fish is the result of Hurricane Andrew smashing an aquarium. The fish threaten to devastate other species and reef ecosystems..
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A strong magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit near the Caribbean island of Martinique sending shock waves across the Caribbean to Dominica, Puerto Rico, Antigua, St. Lucia, Montserrat, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, Guadeloupe and Guyana.
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The number of dead in Nicaragua's north Caribbean region as a result of Hurricane Felix increased to 46 on Thursday, and authorities said they were still searching for more than 100 missing people.
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It is one of the biggest sporting events to be held in the Caribbean in the last decade. Among the cricketing nations (mostly former British colonies) there are 16 teams who will be competing in the Cricket World Cup starting March 13.
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Turtles in the Caribbean are threatened -- we must save them -- and all of the other critters.
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CASTIES, ST. LUCIA (dpa) - Beautiful beaches, impressive sunsets and plenty of sea breezes - the Caribbean is one of the best places in the world for sailing.
Crews can explore a labyrinth of islands which come in all shapes and sizes. There are so ...
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by Kirsten Kurze
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HAVANA - Cuba has invited U.S. officials to Havana to participate in an international conference on the fight against drug trafficking in the Caribbean.
Cuban Justice Minister Roberto Diaz Sotolongo told reporters Monday in Havana that officials fr...
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KRALENDIJK, Bonaire (dpa) - Car number plates are as colourful as the coral reefs in Bonaire, the second largest island of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean. This year they are yellow, in 1999 they were green and in 2001 they will be pink.
Y...
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by Arnd Petry
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A resident surveys the open pit gold mining operation in the Dominican Republic.
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Devastation in Haiti by Hurricane Sandy
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Grand Anse Beach, Grenada
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Cocoa, affected by the cyanide in the ground water in Dominican Republic.
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Devastation in Cuba from Hurricane Sandy
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Guanaja Island, in the Caribbean, sits 70 miles off the coast of Honduras.
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Devastation in Cuba from Hurricane Sandy
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Devastation in Haiti by Hurricane Sandy
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