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The Bahamas says it will refinance $300 million of its external debt to free up more than $120 million for marine conservation projects and climate change mitigation.
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When Hurricane Irma slammed into the tiny island of Barbuda as a powerful Category 5 storm in 2017, the government evacuated the entire population.
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A powerful Haitian gang leader has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple, which left a woman dead.
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It was unclear how long the rare closure of the borders will last, with Dominican President Luis Abinader saying the measure will remain in place “as long as necessary.”
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One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over their land in remote parts of this South American country.
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U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is warning that Haiti’s “tragic situation” threatens the security of the Caribbean region and beyond as he pressed the international community for a response.
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An investigation into a private investment firm in Jamaica where $12.7 million belonging to sprinter Usain Bolt has led to one of the largest fraud scandals to hit the Caribbean island. One top official has been forced to resign.
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Puerto Rico's government says it plans to privatize electricity generation, a first for a U.S. territory facing chronic power outages as it struggles to rebuild a crumbling electric grid.
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Shortly after Hurricane Nicole made landfall early Thursday along Florida's east coast, it downgraded to a tropical storm, but the storm-weary state is still being battered strong winds, dangerous storm surge and heavy rain.
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Crews evacuated dozens of people from vulnerable locations in the northwestern Bahamas as Tropical Storm Nicole approached Wednesday and residents of Florida braced for the storm.
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Senior U.S. officials say the U.S. government will revoke visas from current and former Haitian government officials involved with criminal organizations.
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Haiti's chief prosecutor on Tuesday asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and asked officials to bar him from leaving the country.