Caribbean

Two Faraway Thanksgivings, And What I Learned

Lea Lane | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Caribbean, World, Malaysia, Thanksgiving, St. Thomas, Travel, Living, Growth, Cameron Highlands, World News
Lea Lane

Right now, when the economy has rocked me, and I am adapting to a new lifestyle, I find it especially interesting to look back to two unusual Thanksgivings from the last decade.

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Neiman Marcus Goes Budget

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 11.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Neiman Marcus, Victoria's Secret, Paul Allen, P. Diddy, Louis Vuitton, Maker's Mark, Goldman Sachs, George Stephanopoulos, Caribbean, Nora Ephron, St. Barts, Bernard Madoff, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Motel Six, Comedy News
Meredith C. Carroll

The extravagant offerings in Neiman Marcus' 83rd annual catalog do not disappoint. Restrictions and exclusions apply to Goldman Sachs employees and anyone named Madoff.

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Global Beat Fusion: Norah Jones and Goodness from Benin & Martinique

Derek Beres | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 9/11, World Trade Center, Caribbean, Martinique, Norah Jones, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

Two albums have recently exploded into my inbox that are strong contenders for the "Best of" list for '09. Ironically, they are "albums" made in the '60s-'70s in lands overseas and from other time zones than Brooklyn.

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Mario Vargas Llosa on the End of the Incan Empire at the Americas Society

Jim Luce | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Frente DemocráTico Coalition, Conversations in the Cathedral, Dr. Thomas Ward, Latin American Boom Literary Movement, Bogotá, Dr. Raquel Chang-RodríGuez, Dr. Juan Ossio, The Green House, Plymouth, Alfred Mac Adam, TúPac Amaru, Fidel Castro, Doris Cramer, Cuny, John Lee, Nobel Prize for Literature, Spanish, Americas Society, Dr. Margarita Zamora, The Royal Commentaries, Latin America, Incan Empire, Nobel Peace Prize, Pontificia Universidad CatóLica Del Peru, Mario Vargas Llosa, Barack Obama, Cuzco, David Rockefeller, Dania Junco, Center for Inter-American Relations, Caribbean, The Feast of the Goat, City College-Graduate Center CUNY, Pilgrims, Inca Garcilaso De La Vega, Fondo Editorial, Cuba, Jpmorgan, Mestizo, Quechua, Spanish Conquistadors, New York News
Jim Luce

Vargas Llosa speaks about Barack Obama's Nobel Prize, the state of literature, inter-American relations and politics.

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Tax Deadline Nears For Americans With Offshore Bank Accounts

New York Times | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Offshore Accounts, Tax Accountants, Bank Accounts, Banks, Irs, Switzerland, Taxes, Internal Revenue Service, Secret Bank Accounts, Lawyers, Caribbean Bank Accounts, Ubs, Swiss Bank Accounts, Rich, Wealthy, Caribbean, Foreign Banks, Business News

Thursday is the deadline for Americans to come clean about the money they have hidden offshore, in places like Swiss bank accounts. No one can say wit...

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Cultural Diplomacy in the Caribbean: Why the New York Philharmonic Must Go to Cuba

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Caribbean, Cuba, Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Ambassadors, New York Philharmonic, Caribbean Diplomacy, Cuba-Embargo, Cuba-Sanctions, Foreign Policy, Foreign Relations, Havana, Marti Adams, Office of Foreign Asset Control, United States Treasury Department, Zarin Mehta, Orchestras, New York News
Arlene M. Roberts

A visit by the New York Philharmonic, patrons included, would be a continuation of the improving trend in U.S.-Cuban relations.

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West Indian Day Parade

David Jones | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Carnival, Cultures, Barbados, Parade, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, West Indian Day Parade, New York News
David Jones

The parade has become a cultural touchstone for people from the Caribbean and many others. It reflects some of the deepest needs of people to feel collective joy.

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Cheney is Dead Wrong: Obama's Fundamental Reset of American Foreign Policy Will Make America Safer and More Prosperous

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cuba Travel Ban, Washington Consensus, Latin America, Cia, Trade, Market Fundamentalism, Military Intervention, Imf, Drug Interdiction, Obama Foreign Policy, Cuba Embargo, Caribbean, Neoconservatives, Cuba, Multi-Lateralism, Torture, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Obama's recent trips to the G-20 and the Summit of the Americas have underscored his fundamental realignment of American foreign policy.

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Trinidad: Walled Off Community Sparks Poverty Debate Ahead Of Americas Summit

Miami Herald | JACQUELINE CHARLES | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Poverty, Caribbean, Trinidad Wall, Beetham Gardens, Summit of Americas, Trinidad, Trinidad Poverty, World Poverty, Obama Trinidad, World News

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The residents of Beetham Gardens, a drab area of rundown government housing and relentless gang warfare, have been cut off...

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Remittances To Latin America, Caribbean Nations To Decline This Year After A Decade Of Growth

McClatchy | Lesley Clark | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Remittances, Latin America Remittances, Caribbean Remittances, Caribbean, Remittances 2009, Inter-American Development Bank, Latin America, Global Financial Crisis, Immigration, Foreign Affairs, Early Voting, World News

WASHINGTON -- The slumping global economy is slowing the amount of money that migrant workers send home to their families in Latin America and the Car...

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Jewish Barbados? Tracking Down The Tribe in the Caribbean

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 07.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Jewish Culture, Travel, Caribbean, Jewish, Barbados, Home News
Alison Stein Wellner

When I first visited Barbados last year, I wasn't thinking about the Jewish people at all. And yet one morning I found myself sitting in the sanctuary of one of of the oldest synagogues in the Western hemisphere.

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Dirt Poor Haitians Eat Mud Cookies To Survive

WorldFocus | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Poor Haitians, Poverty, Caribbean, Haiti Malnutrition, Dirt Cookies, Malnutrition, Hungry Haitians, Haiti Poverty, Haitians, Haiti Mud Cookies, Starvation, Haiti Poor, Hunger, Haiti, Haiti Dirt Cookies, Worldfocus, Mud Cookies, World News

The small island nation of Haiti relies heavily on food imports, but with prices soaring, some Haitians are resorting to eating mud. The cookies --...

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Haiti: Aristide, Ex-Rebel Barred From Senate Elections

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Haiti, Haitians, Carribean, Caribbean, Aristide, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Premier Aristide, Aristide Ousted, Haitian Elections, World News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti's electoral council has barred members of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's popular political party from r...

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Instead of "Eco-Tourism" Try "Equal-Tourism": Come to Cuba and Live Like We Do!

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

Read More: Tourism, Politics, Raul Castro, Cuba, Caribbean, World, Fidel Castro, Ecotourism, World News
Yoani Sanchez

The golden advertisements that show a Cuba of mulattas, rum, music and dancing will not be able to hide the panorama of collapsing buildings, frustration and inertia. .

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Caribbean Nations Urge Obama To End Cuba Embargo

BBC NEWS | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cuba, Caribbean, Cuba Embargo, President Obama, Castro, Cuba, World News

The leaders of 14 Caribbean nations have called on US President-elect Barak Obama to lift the decades-old American trade embargo against Cuba. The ...

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Obama's New Power Troika Faces Crises Old and New

William Bradley | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Caribbean, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Latin America, Robert Gates, Joe Biden, Iran, James Jones, Taliban, Vladimir Putin, Panama Canal, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Obama's Cabinet, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Islamic Jihadism, Donald Rumsfeld, Hillary Clinton, Dmitri Medvedev, Ukraine, Politics News
William Bradley

It may well be that General Jones, in what is frequently the geopolitical catbird seat as Obama's National Security Advisor, will emerge as the most influential figure of the new national security power troika.

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Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. President-Elect!

William Bradley | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Bill Clinton, India, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Caribbean, Afghanistan, Bollywood, Brazil, Pakistan, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Iran, Mumbai, Russian Navy, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Bombay, Global Finance, Mumbai Attacks, Vladimir Putin, Obama Transition, Iraq, Islamic Jihadists, Cuba, Dmitri Medvedev, Politics News
William Bradley

For Obama, the Mumbai attacks mean that we are on the verge of another major geopolitical crisis, with enormous implications for our already deeply troubled programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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BIG BUSINESS IN THE CARIBBEAN- ILLEGAL SAND MINING

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Stefanie Michaels, Holidays, Building Materials, Rome, The New York Times, Flooding, Animals, Sand, Tourism, Hotels, Plants, Adventure Girl, Caribbean, Islands, Jamaica, Developers, Environment, Stealing, Construction, British Common Law, Sand Mining, Nevis, Beaches, Green News
Stefanie Michaels

The Caribbean, known for its crystal blue waters, powdery sand beaches with colors ranging from coco to pink and all the shades in between, is a haven...

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Right-Wing Extremists Unmoved by Devastation in Cuba

Joe Garcia | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Garcia, Caribbean, Hurricane Relief, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Cuba, Gustav, Cuban Americans, Politics News
Joe Garcia

The greatest impediment to the wellbeing of the Cuban people is the Cuban government itself. But this fact does not give us license to throw our hands in the air and not offer our help.

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Beyond Chachkas: Indigenous Crafts Plus Northern Design Equals Success

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Toronto, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Artisans, Mexico, Globalization, New Radicals, North South Project, Rotman School of Mangement, Guyana, Indigenous People, New York, Skoll Foundation, Patty Johnson, Crafts, Caribbean, Ceramics, Branding, The Giving Life, Living News
Julia Moulden

Hands up if you've ever bought a handicraft while traveling, only to have it end up collecting dust in some closet at home. Thought so. We've all ...

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Richard Branson Plans Caribbean Eco-Resort

Posted 07.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Richard Branson, Eco-Tourism, Green Tourism, Green Vacation, Sustainable Vacation, Richard Branson Hotel, Richard Branson Resort, Caribbean, Caribbean Eco-Getaway, Green News

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Move Over, Caymans: World's Top Tax Havens

ABC News | LIZ MOYER AND TATYANA SHUMSKY | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

Read More: British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, Switzerland, Tax Havens, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Business News

When people think of tax havens, they usually picture the Swiss Alps or Caribbean islands. But traditional venues like Switzerland, the duchies of Li...

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