Coast Guard Gives Up 3 Smugglers, $3.75 Million In Seized Cocaine To Federal Agents
SAN JUAN — A Coast Guard Boat Station San Juan crew transferred custody of three men and $3.75 million in seized cocaine Monday to federal agents in Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley crew seized 125 kilograms of cocaine after interdicting a drug smuggling go-fast vessel Friday
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Israeli strike destroys Gaza building with AP, other media | The Atlanta Voice
An Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. Hours later, Israel bombed the home of Khalil al-Hayeh, a top leader of Gaza’s ruling militant Hamas group. The Israeli military said
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Cryptocurrencies, Central Banks and the Caribbean: OP-ED By David Jessop
In less than three months’ time, El Salvador intends becoming the first country in the world to make Bitcoin its official currency alongside the U.S. Dollar. The country’s president, Nayib Bukele, a populist and media savvy disruptor, says that his decision will generate employment, enable the
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3,000 Passengers Trapped On Cruise Ship Due To 1 COVID-19 Case Can Finally Leave
SINGAPORE — Guests began leaving a Genting Cruise Lines 'cruise to nowhere' this evening after nearly 3,000 passengers and crew were confined to their staterooms through most of the day following the detection of a COVID-19 case onboard. A 40-year-old passenger tested positive onboard and the
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Fossil Rodent Teeth Add North American Twist To Caribbean Mammals’ Origin Story
SAN JUAN — Two fossil teeth from a distant relative of North American gophers have scientists rethinking how some mammals reached the Caribbean Islands. The teeth, excavated in northwest Puerto Rico, belong to a previously unknown rodent genus and species, now named Caribeomys merzeraudi. About the
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World reaction to the storming of the US Capitol | The Atlanta Voice
Reaction from around the world to the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump: ___ “A fundamental rule of democracy is that, after elections, there are winners and losers. Both have to play their role with decency and responsibility so that democracy itself remains the
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Hurricane Sam Only Has A 3% Chance To Strike St. Thomas Or St. John: VITEMA Says
MIAMI — Hurricane Sam became one of the most powerful hurricanes so far this year with 150 mph winds on Sunday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center. Sam was in the open ocean, however, and no immediate threat to land. As of 5 a.m. today, Hurricane Sam was located
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Caribbean, Latin America Lost $1 Billion Due To COVID-19 Pandemic, ECLAC Says
SANTIAGO, Chile — Latin America and the Caribbean received US$105.48 billion in Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in 2020 – 34.7 percent less than in 2019, 51 percent less than the record high achieved in 2012, and the lowest since 2010, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Latin America’s Resurgent Left And Caribbean Spurn U.S. Policy On Cuba
HAVANA — The United States doubled down on its tough stance and sanctions on Cuba after historic protests in the Communist-run island last month and said it would seek to support protesters. But many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region which is still scarred by
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Moderate 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Guadeloupe And Antigua
BASSE-TERRE — The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.1 quake in Guadeloupe near Abymes. The earthquake hit in the evening on Thursday, September 9th, 2021, at 8:43 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 46 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the
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Domino's Pulls 'Free Pizza for Karens' Promo After Angry Backlash


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US hits 5 million confirmed virus cases, Europe is amazed | The Atlanta Voice
With confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe. Perhaps nowhere outside the U.S. is America’s bungled virus
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Fierce Tropical Wave Leaves Africa As Second System Near Barbados Devolves Into A Trough
MIAMI — Forecasters are tracking a tropical wave that emerged off Africa today as a previous wave near Barbados was downgraded. The strong tropical wave located over the far east Atlantic off the African coast is producing a broad area of showers and thunderstorms. As the system moves
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Coast Guard Seizes $3.5 Million In Cocaine, Nabs 2 Suspects Near Isla Saona
SAN JUAN — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez offloaded $3.5 million in cocaine and transferred custody of three smugglers to federal agents in Puerto Rico. The USS Sioux City, operating with a Coast Guard LEDET 102 onboard, apprehended three men and seized 115 kilograms of
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Two Haitian Americans Detained In Connection to Assassination of Haitian President
By: Alyssa Wilson Haitian president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his private home on Wednesday morning. His wife, who was also shot, was transported to a hospital in Miami for treatment. Two Americans believed to be of Haitian descent have been detained in connection to the
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University of the West Indies Launches RISE Caribbean To Boost Education
BRIDGETOWN — University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill campus launched an initiative to boost education in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean on September 15. The initiative, named, RISE Caribbean – the Research Initiative for Supporting Education in the Caribbean, is funded by the United
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SPORTS TOURISM: Dominican Republic Hosts USVI And 22 Other Teams In Soccer
SANTO DOMINGO—The U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Association boys’ and girls’ teams will travel to the Dominican Republic to compete in an International Soccer Tournament, held by the Caribbean Football Union. The teams left the territory yesterday and are scheduled to return on August 30, 2021. The
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Llama Antibodies Might Be ‘Game Changer’ In Fight Against COVID-19, Belgians Say
GHENT, Belgium -— Llama antibodies could soon be playing a role in the global fight against COVID-19, if clinical trials being conducted by a Belgian biomedical start-up live up to their early promise. Researchers from the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology in Ghent say antibodies extracted
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Coast Guard Takes 66 Dominicans Back After Navy Interrupts 2 Illegal Voyages
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard repatriated 66 Dominican migrants to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Sunday near Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of two illegal voyages in Mona Passage waters between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The aircrew of a U.S. Customs and
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Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique? - Los Angeles Sentinel
They are known locally as al-Shabab, Arabic for ``youth,'' but it seems to be just a handy nickname as they don't have any known affiliation with Somalia's jihadi rebels of the same name. The post Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique? appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Why India's pandemic data is vastly undercounted - Los Angeles Sentinel
Even after more than a year of devastating coronavirus surges across the world, the intensity and scale of India's current crisis stands out, with patients desperate for short supplies of oxygen, pleas for help from overwhelmed hospitals, and images of body bags and funeral
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Analysis: Defiant Biden is face of chaotic Afghan evacuation
(AP) - Four presidents share responsibility for the missteps in Afghanistan that accumulated over two decades. But only President Joe Biden will be the face of the war’s chaotic, violent […] The post Analysis: Defiant Biden is face of chaotic Afghan evacuation appeared first on
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Climate Change Is Killing The World’s Coral Reefs As Oceans Warm, Study Shows
MIAMI — The world's coral reefs are under attack by climate change and more will disappear if oceans keep warming, according to a report released today. The study by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), a U.N.-supported global data network, showed that 14 percent of the world's coral
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Why Is The Caribbean Letting Others Shape Its Future? OP-ED By David Jessop
A few days ago, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, delivered a speech marking the anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar. In it he argued that the time has come for “a new coexistence among all the countries of the Americas” as “the model imposed more than
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USVI Coach Ngongba Aims To ‘Invest In The Islands Beyond Just Basketball’
MIAMI — It has been a fast and amazing first few months of 2021 for the Virgin Islands Women’s National Team head coach Tajama Abraham Ngongba. In March she was selected to lead the women’s program for the second time on her home islands. Soon after, eight days to be
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Caribbean Security: The Bigger Picture: Expert Column By David Jessop
In mid-November, a little noticed virtual meeting took place. It considered in the round the security threats that the Caribbean will face in future. It pointed not just to the obvious in the form of the enemy within — those involved in criminality, organized crime, and corruption — but considered
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Haiti’s History of Violence and Rebellion
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean's first independent state of the colonial era and the first Black-led republic when it threw off French rule in the 19th century. But it has suffered cycles of violence, invasion and repression for most of its subsequent
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Royal Caribbean Expands COVID-19 Policy As 6 Guests Test Positive On Ship
MIAMI — U.S. cruise liner Royal Caribbean Group said this weekend only passengers with a negative COVID-19 test will be let aboard, after six guests on its Adventure of the Seas cruise ship  tested positive during routine testing. The rule will apply to all guests departing on cruises that are five
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United States and France Demonstrate Military Cooperation In The Caribbean
FORT-DE-FRANCE — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) executed a bilateral maritime exercise with the French Navy off the coast of Martinique while operating in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday. Sioux City with her embarked MH-60S Seahawk attached to the “Sea Knights” of
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LAND-HO! Hurricane Sam’s Lost Its GPS Bearings … What About 2 Waves Behind It?
MIAMI — Hurricane Sam explosively strengthened on Saturday and became the season’s fourth major hurricane. Sam’s winds jumped to 140 mph on Saturday afternoon, making it a Category 4 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center said Sam could get even stronger before weakening some. Sam is far from
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