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How Jamaica and its prime minister are becoming a mini-superpower in the Caribbean
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNew commercial and high-end condominiums are rising from the dirt, the minimum wage is going up,...
Kirk Mayes, ‘visionary’ at helm of Forgotten Harvest, wins Shining Light Award 2022
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Kirk Mayes' mom goes to Jamaica each year, she takes cardboard barrels full of everything from...
Jamaica bans broadcasts deemed to glorify drugs, crime
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming and weapons. The government said the ban is meant ...
A crime surge led to U.S. travel warnings. These Caribbean destinations are pushing back
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe governments of Jamaica and The Bahamas, pushing back against a recent advisory by the U.S. State...
Record hunger, armed gangs and raging inflation: U.N. convenes special meeting on Haiti crisis
Miami Herald via AOL· 11 months agoIn Haiti’s rice-growing Lower Artibonite Valley, fertilizer and seeds are luxuries farmers can no...
How Queer Islanders Are Taking Back Paradise
Out Traveler via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere are few artists who’ve shaped Westerners’ visions of the island paradise as much as the Postimpressionist French painter Paul Gauguin, who spent...
Haiti’s ‘friends’ cannot wait any longer. The violent country is falling into an abyss | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoUnchecked armed violence. Rape. Kidnappings. Political instability. Corruption. Haiti is on the edge...
Haitians are central to ending their country’s crisis, but they cannot do it alone | Opinion
Miami Herald via AOL· 9 months agoThe disaster that is Haiti is on an ever-faster descent accompanied by violence, famine, misery and...
On Eve Of Coronation, Charles Is King Of Nation With Less Influence Than In His Mother’s Time
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKing Charles’ coronation is coming up next month, but he reigns over a country facing profound...
Tackling migration, Harris backs investment in Latin America
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that the Biden administration's work to attract investment...