/tags/the-caribbean The Caribbean en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2026-03-12/trump-shield-americas-police-trinidad-honduras COMMENTARY President Trump's Shield of the Americas agenda to militarize hemispheric crime-fighting risks diminishing crucial efforts to build better police in Latin America and the Caribbean. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2026-03-12/trump-shield-americas-police-trinidad-honduras Tim Padgett /commentary/2026-02-26/caricom-rubio-cartel-mexico-haiti-gangs-us-guns COMMENTARY The U.S. is great at designating criminal groups as terrorists — but it's a hypocritical failure at preventing the trafficking of guns that aids those terrorists, including Mexico's narco-cartels. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:41:57 GMT /commentary/2026-02-26/caricom-rubio-cartel-mexico-haiti-gangs-us-guns Tim Padgett /americas/2025-10-28/colonialisms-legacy-has-left-caribbean-nations-much-more-vulnerable-to-hurricanes Long before colonialism brought slavery to the Caribbean, the native islanders saw hurricanes and storms as part of the normal cycle of life. Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:00:00 GMT /americas/2025-10-28/colonialisms-legacy-has-left-caribbean-nations-much-more-vulnerable-to-hurricanes Farah Nibbs | The Conversation /news/2022-08-17/the-u-s-says-its-ramping-up-its-campaign-against-arms-trafficking-to-haiti-and-the-caribbean Homeland Security Investigations and other agencies are battling a 'marked uptick' in gun smuggling to Haiti, with an increase in both the quantity and the caliber of weapons. Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:32:48 GMT /news/2022-08-17/the-u-s-says-its-ramping-up-its-campaign-against-arms-trafficking-to-haiti-and-the-caribbean Tim Padgett /news/2022-08-03/record-amount-of-seaweed-is-choking-shores-in-the-caribbean A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxic gases. Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:55:17 GMT /news/2022-08-03/record-amount-of-seaweed-is-choking-shores-in-the-caribbean The Associated Press /news/2022-03-22/guns-of-the-caribbean-haiti-u-s-virgin-islands-flooded-with-firearms-often-from-florida Gun violence is plaguing Caribbean sites like Haiti and the U.S. Virgin Islands, thanks largely to "brazen, out of control" gun trafficking from U.S. states like Florida Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT /news/2022-03-22/guns-of-the-caribbean-haiti-u-s-virgin-islands-flooded-with-firearms-often-from-florida Tim Padgett /2021-01-27/showdown-the-caribbean-answer-to-verzuz-is-part-of-a-long-running-musical-exchange The livestream event debuted in 2020, with two soca stars facing off. Even though Verzuz came first, the American series arguably owes its existence to Caribbean music. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:56:00 GMT /2021-01-27/showdown-the-caribbean-answer-to-verzuz-is-part-of-a-long-running-musical-exchange Baz Dreisinger /news/2020-01-15/bernard-diederich-legendary-caribbean-correspondent-and-author-1926-2020 One of the greatest journalists to cover the Caribbean has died. Bernard Diederich passed away Tuesday at age 93 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Diederich’s… Wed, 15 Jan 2020 22:31:27 GMT /news/2020-01-15/bernard-diederich-legendary-caribbean-correspondent-and-author-1926-2020 Tim Padgett /news/2019-12-08/unicef-caribbean-children-bearing-the-brunt-of-global-warmings-monster-storms For years, Caribbean governments have argued their countries bear the brunt of climate change. A new U.N. study says Caribbean children may bear the worst… Mon, 09 Dec 2019 01:32:14 GMT /news/2019-12-08/unicef-caribbean-children-bearing-the-brunt-of-global-warmings-monster-storms Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2019-09-10/bahamas-victims-know-what-scientists-warn-monster-storms-are-the-new-normal By Tim PadgettFREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA | Claudina Swann is searching for an object in the storm debris scattered around her backyard in the… Tue, 10 Sep 2019 04:31:32 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-09-10/bahamas-victims-know-what-scientists-warn-monster-storms-are-the-new-normal Tim Padgett