Caribbean

Haiti's former head of state Jean Claude Duvalier was yesterday charged for several offences including corruption, theft and misappropriation of funds that were allegedly committed during his 15 year rule.

The Guyana government has put forward a budget of GUY$161.4 billion (US$7.9 billion) for the new financial year.

Planned activities to mark the International Year for People of African Descent in Guyana have led to sharp disagreements between representatives of the country’s two main ethnic groups, Indo and Afro Guyanese.

Ousted Haitian dictator, Jean Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier has returned to the country after nearly 25 years in exile.

The World Bank says Latin American and Caribbean countries have emerged well from the global crisis when compared with its own past performance

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) has reaffirmed its commitment to the reconstruction and development of Haiti in a special session convened on the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that killed an...

Guyana's President, Bharrat Jagdeo, says he has no intention of seeking a third term in office.

The BBC is reporting that the Organisation of American States is set to recommend that the governing party candidate in Haiti's presidential election should be dropped from the run-off vote.

Anguilla’s Chief Minister Hubert Hughes has called on citizens to seriously consider seeking political independence from Britain.

A light aircraft travelling from Trinidad to Martinique was forced to make an emergency landing at the Maurice Bishop International Airport in Grenada after losing power.

ATLANTA (AP):Officials at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta say a student is missing after he was caught in a riptide off the coast of Costa Rica.In a news release, officials say junior Erik Downes, who is from Cape Coral, Florida, traveled to Costa Rica...

HAVANA, Cuba (CMC):Cuban officials say cruise tourism has returned to the Spanish-speaking Caribbean country with the arrival of the nine-deck British cruise ship Thomson Dream.Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, several years ago, had put a break on...