Posts in category Caribbean News

Associated PressHAVANA — Cuba is lowering bulk prices for goods ranging from marmalade and mayonnaise to tools and CDs to support newly independent workers and …

Associated Press MIREBALAIS — An old man with sunken cheeks is so dehydrated he must be carried down the dirt lane to a clinic where …

RMHarris15@Bellsouth.net   The self-proclaimed nerd had her heart set on a medical career. But after graduating at the top of her class at Miami Jackson …

Associated Press HAVANA — Cuba is getting more visitors, including a 20 percent uptick in the number of Americans, but tourism income hasn’t recovered from …

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti’s new president is reaching out to the two million Haitian emigrants whose earnings abroad have long helped keep the struggling country afloat …

(Associated Press) – PORT-AU-PRINCE —Flaws have been found in a controversial U.S. report estimating the death toll from Haiti’s earthquake last year was far lower …

SANTO DOMINGO — More than 2,000 Haitians who fled to the Dominican Republic after a devastating earthquake of January 2010 are returning home under a …

(Associated Press) – KINGSTON, Jamaica — Scores of reggae fans from across the globe placed roses before a statue of Bob Marley on May 11 …

(Associated Press) – PORT-AU-PRINCE — A pop star known for his bad boy antics on stage, Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly, became this earthquake-devastated country’s new …

Haiti’s President-elect Michel Martelly visited Miami on Monday, bringing a call to Haitians in the city and in the wider Diaspora to make a contribution …