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An opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) politician who once served in the army is facing series charges, including threats to kill Prime Minister Gaston Browne and 13 other members of the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP),…

The US State Department has contradicted assertions made by minister of national security, Senator Hermangild Francis, that the United States government has pledged to fund a proposed new border control entity for Saint Lucia. Read more:…

Protests are still spreading across Venezuela, and the number of deaths is rising, as the crisis between the government and the opposition boils over. Both the Bolivarian National Guard and government-sponsored armed forces have been…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Governor Ricardo Rosselló confirmed that Puerto Rico was included in the Appropriations package expected to be approved by Congress this week, which will guarantee $296 million toward the Medicaid shortfall, $3.3…

HAVANA, Cuba -- Millions of Cubans gathered on Monday for the traditional May Day parades. Cuban President Raul Castro presided over the huge May Day march at Havana’s Revolution Square, along with Communist Party Politburo members. Raul…

A national protest march is planned in Vieux-Fort, Saint Lucia, on Sunday against a proposed multibillion-dollar, so-called ‘Pearl of the Caribbean’ project, to be funded by the country’s citizenship by investment programme (CIP). The…

Miguel Henrique Otero, editor of the Caracas, Venezuela, newspaper El Nacional, represented the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) at a meeting on Wednesday before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) in which he…

Trinidad and Tobago’s oil company Petrotrin says the equivalent of 300 barrels of oil actually leaked from a ruptured storage tank on Sunday – 15 times more than the amount it had initially indicated. There had been suggestions, based on…

Eight Jamaicans, including a former police officer, were today extradited to the United States to face charges related to their alleged involvement in a lottery scam. Ex-policeman Jason Jahalal, Alrick McLeod, Oneil Brown, Xanu Ann…

Trinidad and Tobago President Anthony Carmona has expressed frustration that his country and other CARICOM states have not replaced the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as their final authority in legal matters.…

One of the world’s most accomplished photographers is hosting a master class at Anse Chastanet Resort in St. Lucia for National Geographic Expeditions this year. Joe McNally, whose acclaimed career includes assignments in more than 50…

Nikki Beach Worldwide, a luxury lifestyle and hospitality brand, is opening its 14th property – this time in Barbados. The luxury beach club property, which is expected to open its doors for business by yearend, will be the first of its…

With Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines saying adios to Cuba later this year, JetBlue is looking to fill the void. Spirit plans to drop its twice-daily Fort Lauderdale to Havana flights on May 31 while Frontier will cease its daily…

A Trinidadian fighter for the Islamic State group (IS) was designated a terrorist by the United States months after being killed by American forces in Syria, Middle East Eye (MEE) has learned. Shane Crawford was added to a list of…

Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, has questioned the accuracy of the US State Department’s 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) at a meeting with officials of the Bureau of…