Opposition Leader Capriles tear-gassed during rrotest in Caracas
From WN.Com While marching in protest of the policies of current President Nicolas Maduro, former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles was tear-gassed on Monday, according to The Washington Post. Capriles is the one of the current leaders of the opposition movement…
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Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler: Europe and US dodging demands for slavery reparations
By Earl Bousquet From Caribbean News Now The recent furor in Grenada over whether slave history has a role in tourism promotion is an important development that fits smack in the middle of the ongoing Caribbean discussion on reparations from…
Money Laundering in Central America
By Q24N From Q Costa Rica Q24N – The housing market, casinos, concert halls, and the livestock sector are all used to launder money in Central American countries. Excerpted from the report “International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Volume II, Money…
Why do hurricanes get more intense? The clues lie in these huge Caribbean currents
By JENNY STALETOVICH From Miami Herald Massive ocean eddies rolling across the Caribbean may contain a hidden layer that fuels hurricanes, according to a new University of Miami study that for the first time documents the phenomenon. The discovery, by…
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Slow progress for Health City Cayman Islands
From International Medical Travel Journal Health City Cayman Islands has completed 500 successful orthopaedic surgeries two and a half years after opening. Health City’s Department of Orthopaedics provides both surgical and non-surgical orthopaedic treatments, including joint replacements and reconstruction, deformity…
Caribbean reports record of 29M visits
BY DANICA COTO Associated Press From The Tribune The Caribbean received a record number of visitors last year as arrivals topped 29 million, tourism officials announced Thursday, and they said growth should continue this year, though at a slightly slower…
Region’s exports fall five per cent
From The Guardian tt The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s (Eclac) annual report Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2016 shows that the foreign trade dynamics of the region are having their worst performance…
U.S. marketer Aaron Davidson pleads guilty in FIFA corruption case
From ESPN Florida businessman Aaron Davidson pleaded guilty in New York to conspiracy charges on Thursday in a scheme to pay bribes to high-ranking football officials in exchange for media and marketing rights to international tournaments and matches. The 45-year-old…
Celebrity choreographer celebrates Caribbean roots with afro soca
By MELISSA NOEL From NBC News Celebrity choreographer and dancer, Shakira Marshall has taken her talents from the dance studios of Brooklyn all the way to Broadway. The Queens, New York native has been making waves on the international stage…
Chevron wins big in $9.5 billion oil pollution case. But it’s not over yet
By Paul Barrett From Bloomberg The lawyer for Ecuadorian victims fails to sway a U.S. court that he didn’t act illegally. Now, more appeals in the 23-year-old case Chevron couldn’t have won a more emphatic victory in its long-running Ecuadorian pollution…
