Browsing: Caribbean

Cliff Notes Malcolm-Jamal Warner, known for his role as Theo on The Cosby Show, tragically drowned in Costa Rica while…

Port-au-Prince is predominantly under gang control, with an estimated 90% of the area occupied, leaving residents vulnerable to violence and displacement.

Trinidad and Tobago Calls UK’s New Visa Requirement ‘Disproportionate’ Trinidad and Tobago has expressed disappointment over the UK’s recent decision…

  Cuba freed opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer and some other prisoners on Thursday as part of a deal with…

The number of internally displaced people in Haiti has surged to over one million, a threefold increase attributed to escalating gang violence, according to the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM). The crisis is most severe in the capital, Port-au-Prince, where displacement rose by 87% between 2023 and 2024.

More than 110 people have been brutally murdered in a slum in Haiti – most of them over the age…

With violence surging across Haiti, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that almost half of the gangs which control the vast majority of the capital are made up of children, and the recruitment of children has seen a 70% increase over the past year.

Cuba continues to face a wave of natural disasters that are straining the island’s already fragile infrastructure and deepening economic hardships for its population.  

Cuba extends shutdowns amid power blackouts and Hurricane damage Cuba has extended the closure of all non-essential workplaces and schools…

Hurricane Oscar leaves six dead in Cuba Hurricane Oscar left six people dead after hitting Cuba over the weekend, during…