Caribbean

The Cuban government is taking the unprecedented step of authorizing foreign investment in its emerging private sector and will resume an official exchange market for the dollar.

With warring gangs and a powerless government since Jovenel Moïse was killed in his home, many are risking perilous voyages on rickety boats to start lives elsewhere.

The Jerk cook-off at the Florida Jerk Festival is where chefs put their authentic Jamaican jerk cooking skills to the test in front of thousands of people.

A senior Haitian government official has confirmed that a diplomat assigned to the Dominican Republic’s Port-au-Prince embassy has been kidnapped.

The premier, Andrew Fahie, was charged with conspiracy to import cocaine and conspiracy to launder money, according to a criminal complaint.

Britain's queen is a figurehead in Jamaica, but could the psychological effect of dumping her as the Caribbean island's head of state put it on a more developed path?

An open letter from scores of Jamaican civic leaders calls on the heir to Britain's throne to "atone" for centuries of colonial enslavement in the Caribbean.

Finding the disease persisting in ocean sand means dredging, hurricanes and other things that stir up the ocean floor can spread the disease.

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley — who led her island's drive to be a republic and has emerged as a Caribbean leader — has called an election for Jan. 19.

The latest on the omicron variant. Cruise ships are back to bringing tourists into Key West. And jazz and Trinidadian Christmas traditions.

The released members of Christian Aid Ministries are safe, the Ohio-based church organization said Sunday, after they were kidnapped by a Haitan gang in October.

Kidnappings for ransom have become tragically commonplace in Haiti as violent gangs take control of much of the country. On Saturday, one of those criminal groups abducted 17 foreigners who were in Haiti doing aid work for a Christian missionary organization.