Eastern Caribbean

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia. Police say five people survived the crash…

Facing a death toll of at least 108 people and widespread catastrophic damage to their country, Haitian government officials speaking in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew today vowed to take…

Three separate international and inter-agency counter narcotics operations, in the past week alone, resulted in the seizure of approximately 325 kilograms of cocaine, 600 pounds of marijuana and the apprehension…

The Caribbean nation of Haiti enters day two today without a President. Michel Martelly stepped down Sunday as President of the nation of more than 10 million people, leaving the…

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a travel warning following the first reported case of Zika virus in Puerto Rico. The outbreak of the mosquito-borne…

The Caribbean and cruise ship passengers alike are expected to benefit from at least four new cruise ports that are in the works to open in the region in the…

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is advocating the establishment of an economic zone for the Caribbean and Latin American. He says the economic zone should be part of a production and…

Venezuela’s state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA will buy a 25 per cent stake in Antigua and Barbuda’s West Indies Oil Company as the first of many “joint investments”…

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Coast Guard have intercepted a drug-trafficking vessel loaded with more than 2,645 pounds of cocaine, worth tens of millions of dollars, in the Caribbean…

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro will visit St. Lucia this weekend to discuss with Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony to ongoing and future areas of cooperation. It will be his first…