When Hurricane Irma crushed St. Martin two years ago, the French state vowed swift assistance. Aid has flowed in, but a fight has followed about recovery plans, exposing racial and class tension.
Tag: Caribbean Area
How One Bahamian Town, Nearly Destroyed, Is Coping After Dorian
The small community of Treasure Cay, left without power, water or communication, is wrestling with the vast destruction wrought by the hurricane.
One Handgun, 9 Murders: How American Firearms Cause Carnage Abroad
Hundreds of thousands of guns sold in the United States vanish because of loose American gun laws. Many reappear in Jamaica, turning its streets into battlefields.
She Was Duped and Shipped to a Brothel at 16. Then the Boat Sank.
In April, a boat smuggling dozens of people out of Venezuela, some entrapped by a human trafficking ring, capsized in the sea on the way to Trinidad. Only nine people survived.
U.K. Tribute to ‘Windrush’ Generation Draws Criticism
Events to honor the people invited from the Caribbean to help rebuild postwar Britain were overshadowed by criticism of their treatment under a migration crackdown.
Frenchman, 71, Aims to Cross the Atlantic in a Giant Barrel
Jean-Jacques Savin set off from the Canary Islands this week for the Caribbean, propelled only by currents and winds, in an orange capsule he built himself.