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Guyana pledges to protect jaguars
The lushly forested nation of Guyana on Thursday joined a regional pact to protect jaguars, the elusive spotted cat that is the biggest land predator ...
Official: Rare-earth elements in Jamaica's red mud
Jamaica may be able to benefit from newly found deposits of rare-earth elements that are key ingredients for smartphones, computers and numerous other ...
3-day trip becomes 3-week ordeal for 2 Jamaicans
It was supposed to be a three-day fishing trip at most. It turned into a three-week ordeal, drifting under an intense sun for hundreds of miles in the ...
Cayman Islands leader arrested in corruption case
The leader of the Cayman Islands' government was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of theft, abuse of office and breach of trust in the famed Caribbean ...
After long disdain, Jamaica gets 1st patois Bible
When English teacher Faith Linton first proposed translating the Bible into Jamaica's patois tongue in the late 1950s, most people who heard the idea ...
Rastafarianism grows in Jamaica after long disdain
The robed Rastafarian priest looked out over the turquoise sea off Jamaica's southeast coast and fervently described his belief that deliverance is ...
Jamaica to abolish slavery-era flogging law
Jamaica is preparing to abolish a slavery-era law allowing flogging and whipping as means of punishing prisoners, the Caribbean country's justice ...
Cuba's 2nd city without power, water after Sandy
Residents of Cuba's second-largest city of Santiago remained without power or running water Monday, four days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall as ...
Hurricane Sandy, day by day
A look at Hurricane Sandy, day by day, on its path across the Caribbean: — Oct. 22: Tropical Depression 18 forms over the southwestern Caribbean, ...
Weakened hurricane lashes Bahamas after 21 deaths
A weakened Hurricane Sandy lashed the central Bahamas late Thursday with violent winds and torrential rains, after raging through the Caribbean where ...
Watches, warnings for Sandy along Florida coast
Forecasters have issued tropical storm warnings and watches for parts of the southeastern coast of Florida and Keys ahead of Hurricane Sandy that is ...
Soaked Jamaica braces for possible hurricane
Jamaicans hunkered down at home as Tropical Storm Sandy soaked the Caribbean island with steady rain Wednesday morning and forecasters said it was ...
Jamaica prepares for Tropical Storm Sandy
Jamaicans stocked up on supplies and reinforced roofs on Tuesday ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Sandy, which is expected to hit the Caribbean ...
Tropical Storm Sandy forms south of Jamaica
Tropical Storm Sandy developed south of Jamaica on Monday, becoming the 18th named storm of a busy Atlantic season that has seen only two hurricanes ...
Tropical depression forms south of Jamaica
A tropical depression formed south of Jamaica on Monday and forecasters say it will likely strengthen into Tropical Storm Sandy later in the day.
US advances in World Cup to set up busy 2013
The primary objective for the United States against Guatemala was a win or at worst a draw, and squeaking through to the next round of World Cup ...
Dempsey's 2 goals help send US past Guatemala 3-1
Clint Dempsey is precisely the kind of scrappy player that Jurgen Klinsmann covets on his teams, an attacker who is willing to throw his body around ...
Late reggae icon Peter Tosh receives Jamaica honor
Twenty-five years after his murder, Jamaica's government on Monday honored the contributions of firebrand reggae musician and songwriter Peter Tosh, ...
US knows it needs wins in World Cup qualifying
With the World Cup qualifying standings a mess, the U.S. national team has found a way to simplify things: win and win. There are other ways the U.S.
Donovan ruled out of World Cup qualifiers
Landon Donovan will not play for the U.S. national team in a pair of upcoming World Cup qualifying matches because of an injured left knee, adding to ...
Jozy Altidore off US roster for WCup qualifiers
Jozy Altidore was dropped Monday from the U.S. roster for a pair of critical World Cup qualifiers after disappointing U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann in ...
Jamaica introduces Garveyism in classrooms
Struggling with a chronically stagnant economy and one of the highest crime rates in the world, Jamaica is turning for help to a black nationalist ...
US bounces back to beat Jamaica 1-0 Gomez's goal
Spurred on by a roaring crowd decked out in red, white and blue, the United States used all of that emotion as fuel to pull off a significant World ...
US rum subsidies hammer Caribbean producers
Rum, the sugar-based liquor that has fueled the development of the Caribbean for centuries, has become the focus of an increasingly bitter dispute ...
Jamaica beats US 2-1 in World Cup qualifier
After Clint Dempsey scored the fastest U.S. goal in World Cup qualifying, the Americans played a listless game, lost to Jamaica for the first time and ...