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15 Caribbean Beaches Where You Can Go Snorkeling Straight From the Sand

The Baths in Virgin Gorda.

You don’t always need a boat to find the Caribbean you dream about. Some of the region’s clearest water and most colorful reefs sit just beyond the shoreline, close enough that all you have to do is step off the sand, lower your mask and let the sea take over. These are the beaches where […]

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Haiti, United States Sign Framework Agreement on Health Strategy

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and United States Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten have signed into effect a partnership framework aimed at supporting Haiti’s health strategy. The agreement looks to advance Haiti’s ownership and oversight of an “adaptable and self-correcting public health […]

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Haiti's Martelly Shows Travel Documents, Haitian Passports in Press Conference

Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly at the press conference Thursday (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff With a controversy over dual citizenship dominating Haiti’s political arena, Haitian President Michel Martelly released his travel documents and eight Haitian passports seeking to prove he is a natural-born Haitian in a press conference Thursday. Martelly’s presentation came […]