Let’s have a Marshall Plan for clean energy in the Caribbean
By Richard Schiffman From Earth Island Journal The vulnerable islands are a perfect laboratory to test out renewable energy solutions to our climate crisis In June, Lefties Food Stall, a pint sized eatery serving Barbados’s signature flying-fish sandwiches, became the…
Venezuela’s airport ‘breathing’ tax/United cuts flights to Venezuela
Venezuela’s airport ‘breathing’ tax By Daniel Pardo From BBC Trending Passengers at Maiquetia International Airport “That will be $20 ‘breathing’ tax please” The biggest international airport in Venezuela is charging a fee for the right to inhale clean air –…
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Germany seizes documents [Coutts, Cayman] that may contain info on tax evasion (Reuters) – German customs authorities in the Port of Hamburg have confiscated documents that may contain information about the accounts of suspected tax evaders, German media reported on…
Cuba embargo under pressure as Obama urged to lower barriers
By Bill Faries and David Lerman, Bloomberg News MIAMI — A political consensus against trade with communist Cuba that has prevailed in Washington for half a century is showing signs of cracking. As the head of the U.S. Chamber of…
Drugs trafficking in the Caribbean Radar Detector
By Street Hype Report From Street Hype On May 9th American customs and border-protection officials launched an aerostat—a fat, tethered balloon—above the coast of Puerto Rico. Its job is to use radar to detect low-flying aircraft, ships and smaller vessels…
Fossil feces tell the tale of ancient Caribbean migration
Paul Hamaker Paeleontology Examiner From Examiner.com Fossilized feces known as coprolites have been used for the first time to verify the movements of ancient Americans from South America to the islands of the Caribbean about 1,500 years ago. The research…
How Russia arms America’s southern neighbors
By Ioan Grillo, Global Post From Tucson Sentinel RIO DE JANEIRO — Russia’s push into Ukraine has put many on edge. But less known is that Russia is also strengthening its military links south of the Rio Grande and re-establishing…
OPINION: As Haiti’s financial pressure mounts – Practical solutions exist
By Anton Edmunds From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, The recent shuffling of cabinet officials in Haiti and the return of a finance minister who had previously stepped down, is seen by some as a sign that the government is…
Costa Rica’s new leader says he’s a “moderate” leftist
By Andres Oppenheimer From Miami Herald Seeking to calm anxiety in business circles about his election as his country’s first left-of-center leader in recent history, Costa Rica’s President-elect Luis Guillermo Solis says he won’t join the Venezuelan-led ALBA bloc of…
Five Trinidad nationals detained for alleged Venezuela coup plot
From Caribbean360 Five Trinidad and Tobago nationals, including three Muslim leaders, are being held in Venezuela amid charges of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Saturday March 29, 2014, CMC – Five Trinidad…
