Sep 13 Tortola island in the Caribbean ‘like a war zone,’ says hurricane survivor By Larisa Epatko JoeAnne Harrigan, 50, huddled with nine members of her family in the stairwell of her mother’s home when Hurricane Irma smacked Tortola island in the Caribbean on Wednesday. For more than three hours, they took turns holding the door shut… Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 3:01 Paradise obliterated by Irma in the British Virgin Islands By PBS News Hour Across the islands of the Caribbean, officials are struggling to get aid to residents after the deadly devastation of what was Hurricane Irma. Penny Marshall of Independent Television News reports from the British Virgin Islands, where British Royal Marines have… Continue watching
Sep 07 PHOTOS: What Hurricane Irma left behind in the Caribbean By Larisa Epatko Hurricane Irma destroyed homes and upended cars in the Caribbean this week on its relentless northwestern journey. It is expected to crash ashore in Florida early Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 07 Hurricane Irma’s staggering power in numbers By Nsikan Akpan As Hurricane Irma churns north of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba, before setting its course toward the U.S., here are some numbers you should keep in mind. Continue reading
Sep 02 St. Kitts launches probe of herpes vaccine tests on U.S. patients By Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News The vaccine research has sparked controversy because the lead investigator did not rely on traditional U.S. safety oversight while testing the vaccine. Continue reading
Mar 20 Caribbean artists remember poet Derek Walcott By Elizabeth Flock A Caribbean street photographer, poets, and other writers remember Derek Walcott, a Nobel laureate and Caribbean poet and playwright who died Friday. Continue reading
Dec 28 Column: Why Castro was so deeply loved by some, and hated by others By Nana Brantuo “In this country, our understandings of heroism have always been informed by an ugly past of racial prejudice and discrimination.” Fidel Castro’s death saw the Cuban revolutionary re-enter the U.S. imaginary as a villain, a communist dictator opposed to core… Continue reading
Dec 01 To break recession, Latin America and Caribbean nations must support its self-starters, study says By Laura Santhanam Latin American and Caribbean nations continue to languish in a recession, and a recent report says policies that promote greater entrepreneurship could give economies a needed boost. Continue reading
Oct 28 In Haiti, are 1 million doses of cholera vaccine enough to stop an outbreak? By Larisa Epatko When Hurricane Matthew steamrolled southern Haiti earlier this month, it wiped out houses, bridges and roads. It also decimated sanitation systems, putting the Caribbean island nation at risk of worsening cholera outbreaks. Continue reading
Oct 11 Photos: Cholera outbreaks feared after hurricane hits Haiti By Larisa Epatko As Haiti began rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, aid groups worried that cholera and other diseases would quickly spread in the flood waters. The Caribbean island nation has battled cholera for six years, but conditions following the hurricane could… Continue reading