Caribbean
Weatherwatch: the climate of the Windward Islands
The Caribbean islands enjoy dry and sunny weather most of the year but are vulnerable during hurricane season
Stephen Moss
23, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM
Barbados elects first president as it prepares to drop Queen as head of state
Caribbean nation elects governor general to new role prior to former British colony becoming a republic
Tom Phillips
21, Oct, 2021 @3:11 PM
Caribbean leader warns against challenge to Commonwealth secretary general
Attempts to remove Lady Scotland run contrary to principle and tradition, says chair of Caricom bloc
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
28, Sep, 2021 @1:34 PM
Haiti’s earthquake has compounded years of corruption and political crisis | Jonathan M Katz
The 2010 earthquake response was riddled with failure. Haitians cannot afford another catastrophe, says author Jonathan M Katz
Jonathan M Katz
26, Aug, 2021 @10:00 AM
Haiti needs help, but ‘not from aid workers who never leave their SUVs’
Beset by earthquakes, poverty and gang violence, the country is desperate for aid. However it must be the right kind, say locals
Joe Parkin Daniels
24, Aug, 2021 @5:01 AM
Guyana to seek better royalties and terms for future oil contracts
Country’s vice-president’s remarks after investigation highlighted concerns about ExxonMobil deal
Antonia Juhasz for Floodlight and Reuters
18, Aug, 2021 @3:58 PM
‘We brought colour to this country’: the matriarchs of Notting Hill carnival
Whether it’s online or on the streets, women have defined the carnival. We talk steel pans and skimpy costumes with the pioneers who set the tone for London’s huge celebration of Caribbean culture
Alex Mistlin
18, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM
‘I’d never seen a boat come in with so many bodies’: mortal cost of Atlantic migrant route
Every year thousands of refugees from conflict, climate and instability in Africa board vessels in search of a new life in Europe but hundreds never arrive
Sam Jones in Gran Canaria
08, Aug, 2021 @7:00 AM
The return of Jimmy Cliff: ‘Rebel spirit is still in the Jamaican people’
As he releases new music at the age of 77, one of reggae’s foundational figures charts his astonishing life in music, via swinging London, Brazilian samba and the chaotic bravado of The Harder They Come
Lloyd Bradley
06, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM
Deadly coral disease sweeping Caribbean linked to water from ships
Researchers find ‘significant relationship’ between stony coral tissue loss disease and nearby shipping
Jewel Fraser in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
22, Jul, 2021 @6:00 AM
Rapso: discover the pride and power of Trinidad’s rap-soca music
The striking vocalist Brother Resistance, who died this month, helmed a politically astute hybrid of rap and soca that opened new possibilities in Caribbean music
David Katz
21, Jul, 2021 @11:45 AM
Secrets of rebel slaves in Barbados will finally be revealed
British Library releases vast trove of digitised 19th-century newspapers to bring stories of fugitives to life
Vanessa Thorpe
18, Jul, 2021 @8:30 AM
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