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Photo of the Week: Crashing Waves in Aruba

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Brent Miller, who sent in this beautiful shot of crashing waves on the coast of Aruba. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the […]

US Virgin Islands Moves Forward on Broadband Internet Project

Above: work on the broadband project (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands is moving into the next phase of construction on its broadband internet development plan, according to Lawrence Kupfer, president of the Virgin Islands Next Generation Network. Crews have begun placing underground conduits and pulling fibre optic cables through […]

Four Seasons Nevis Names Sven Wiedenhaupt New General Manager

Above: the Four Seasons Resort in Nevis (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The Four Seasons Resort Nevis has named Sven Wiedenhaupt as the property’s new general manager. Wiedenhaupt, a 23-year veteran of luxury hotel management, has already arrived on the island. His previous posts include director of food and beverage at the Four Seasons Hotel […]

Rum Journal: The Dominican Republic's Ron Barceló Imperial

Above: Ron Barceló Imperial at CJ headquarters in Miami THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC is one of the major production centres of global rum production — from boutique producers like Atlantico to larger outlets like Brugal. Among those is Ron Barceló, which produces a range of eight rums at its distillery in the city of San Pedro […]

Four Seasons Nevis Names Sven Wiedenhaupt New General Manager

Above: the Bolongo Bay Resort in St Thomas By Alexander Britell On Thursday, the long-awaited redesign of caribbeantravel.com officially launched. The new site, viewed as a new kind of portal for the Caribbean travel market, comes as the region faces challenges from a number of directions, including increased taxation, continued problems with airlift and competition […]

Dominica Welcomes New Ambassador From Venezuela

Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Hayden Owando Pirela Sanchez is Venezuela’s new Ambassador to Dominica. The Venezuelan envoy presented his letters of credence to Dominica President Eliud Williams this week, saying he wants to “further deepen the relationship” between the two states. Williams said Venezuela was the first country to establish […]

Rum Journal: Guyana's El Dorado 15

GUYANA IS the southernmost country in the Caribbean Community, and just one of two CARICOM Member States that are not actually islands. But its Demerara region long produced the best sugar in the Caribbean, and Guyana has one of the region’s oldest rum traditions. While Guyana has far fewer distilleries than it did during its […]

St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Meets With US Ambassador

Above: US Ambassador Larry Palmer and St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Patrice Nisbett (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Patrice Nisbett met Tuesday with Larry Palmer, the United States’ Ambassador to Barbados and Eastern Caribbean. It was the first meeting between the two since Nisbett replaced former […]

Haiti Launches National Plan to Eliminate Cholera By 2022

Above: UN peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has presented its national plan to eliminate cholera on the island of Hispaniola. The government said the $2.2 billion plan, which was officially launched Wednesday, is “national in scope and will be implemented across the entire country.” It calls for $485.9 million […]

Op-Ed: Haiti and the Caribbean

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor LAST WEEK, for the first time in its history, Haiti hosted the CARICOM Heads of Government Summit in Port-au-Prince. Michael Martelly the President of Haiti, with a great deal of pomp and circumstance, opened the conference, declaring Haiti open to the region. The 18th and 19th century legacies of Toussaint […]

Changing the Image of Haiti

Above: Haiti Communication Minister Regine Godefroy (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell MIAMI — At a forum at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government Tuesday night, actor and Haiti Goodwill Ambassador Sean Penn mentioned the sometimes problematic way in which Haiti is portrayed by the international media. “There is, in American journalism, a very titillating marriage […]

IFC Names Haiti Native as VP for Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: the IFC’s headquarters By the Caribbean Journal staff The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has named Haiti native Jean Philippe Prosper its new vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean. Prosper, whose portfolio will also include Sub-Saharan Africa, will be based in Johannesburg after a short transition. “Our activities in […]

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