COP 29: Sustainable climate financing needed for vulnerable nations, say Catholic relief experts

As the United Nations’ annual climate conference kicks off, two Catholic humanitarian agency executives told OSV News that the world’s poorest nations must be given the tools to adapt to climate change — without becoming enslaved by international...

Bahamas, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Puerto Rico and More Drive Surging Caribbean Cruise Tourism with $4.27 Billion Economic Impact

SOURCE: TRAVEL AND TOUR WORLD: The Florida-Caribbean Association (FCCA), which represents the cruise industry’s interests alongside stakeholders in the Caribbean and Latin America, has announced record economic impacts for the region in the...

From The Flag To The Cross: Fascism American Style

Above photo: Police surround pro-Palestine student encampment at University of Southern California. The Law and Disorder radio program has immortalized selected recent interviews as it expands into print media with a new book, From the Flag to the...

How This “Paris of the Caribbean” Forged a Unique Bond With the United States

The town of St. Pierre, in northern Martinique, is world-famous for the appalling tragedy that took place here on May 8, 1902, when an eruption of Mount Pelée destroyed the urban area and killed nearly 30,000 people. This marked the end of the...

Agreement Signed to Curb Crime

Sponsored | Article continues below ↓ . St. Lucia and the French territory of Martinique have officially decided to cut the territorial chains hindering the fight against criminal activity that span the two countries. The 9th Meeting of the Joint...

Two Dead, Children Injured In Martinique Gun Violence

Two individuals sustained fatal gunshot injuries, and children were hurt when scooter-riding assailants toting automatic weapons opened fire at a residence in the Martinique capital, Fort de France, on Sunday. According to local reports, a...

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, September 2024

Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

‘Prolonged’ Martinique Unrest Could Affect Saint Lucia Tourism

In recent weeks, violent protests over rising food prices have shaken the French Caribbean island of Martinique. After a brief decrease in tensions on the island of 350,000 people, unrest erupted again earlier this month. The new wave of trouble...

Demands for reparations over the slave trade

Sir, Tomiwa Owolade makes a case for rejecting the demand by politicians and academics in the Caribbean for Britain to pay reparations for its role in the slave trade (“Cash for slavery calls are cynical opportunism”, Oct 28; letter, Oct 29). He...

Police clash with protesters on French island of Martinique

PARIS (Reuters) – Protesters defied curfews and clashed with police on the French Caribbean island of Martinique overnight into Friday morning, officials there said, more than a month since demonstrations erupted over rising living costs. Clashes...

Shops ransacked as protests rock Martinique

PARIS, (Reuters) – Looters ransacked shops overnight on the French Caribbean island of Martinique as violent protests against rising living costs showed little sign of abating despite the imposition of a curfew. The Martinique local administration...

Franco-Azerbaijani Relations: New Caledonia, “Baku Initiative Group,” and Energy Diplomacy

Azerbaijan: Fuels and Dictatorship Against the backdrop of allegations made in the ARTE documentary “Azerbaijan: Fossil Fuels and Dictatorship” about Baku’s interference in France’s internal affairs, relations between the two countries have grown...

Carnival Expands Meal Donation Program into Latin America

Carnival Corporation has announced that it has signed a series of historic memoranda of understanding with food banks and community partners in Mexico, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. The company is the first cruise company to sign formal...

Carnival expands meal donations into Latin America

Carnival Corp. & plc is working with food banks and community partners in Mexico, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, taking its fresh meal donation program to Latin America for the first time. The food banks are part of the Global FoodBanking...

Spiribam CEO: Spirits slump is just a shake-up

Despite global headwinds for spirits, Spiribam – the family group based in Martinique – is bucking the trend. CEO Gregoire Gueden tells Drinks Retailing how the Caribbean rum portfolio is driving growth in key markets, leaning on Mangrove Global...

These are the Caribbean’s most amazing hotels, according to our experts

The good news is that all 30 island states and territories scattered across this balmy region have superb hotels aplenty. It doesn’t matter whether you’re seeking beach bliss, family fun, rainforest adventures or sublime slumber in a four-poster...

Saint Lucia, France step up talks on border security and crime fighting

The 9th Franco-Saint Lucia Joint Security Commission meeting opened on September 30 with a ceremony at the Financial Administrative Centre in Castries, bringing together senior officials from Saint Lucia and France’s overseas territories for two...

Reparations and the Collapse of Western Immunity

We are all here united by an agreement in principle and a statement: The time for reparations has come! Faced with this evidence: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? The title of a 1902 book by a certain Lenin, Lenin who would lead the Bolshevik revolution in...

Profiles in power: A look at Saint Lucia’s election frontrunners

By: Keryn Nelson and Josiah St. Luce As Saint Lucia prepares for another election season, the contest is once again shaping up as a battle between two familiar faces: Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, leader of the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party...

Friday essay: Peter Jackson, the Black Australian boxing champion you’ve never heard of

As we approach the headstone of Peter Jackson’s grave, we glimpse a flash of red at its base. Getting closer, we see that it’s a pair of boxing gloves. They are brand-new Fila gloves that retail for around A$80, so someone has spent a bit of...