COVID-19 Cases In Latin America And The Caribbean Reach 5.9 Million
BRASILIA, Brazil, Weds. July 8, 2020 (Reuters) - Latin America and the Caribbean now account for 50% of the COVID-19 cases in the Americas,...
Dominican Republic’s Ruling Party Concedes Defeat
SANTO DOMINGO, DR, Tues. July 7, 2020 (Reuters) - Ruling party presidential candidate Gonzalo Castillo conceded defeat to the opposition's Luis Abinader in a...
U.S. Secretary Of State Gives Sternest Warning Yet to Guyana
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. July 2, 2020: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave his sternest warning to Guyanese authorities yet Wednesday,...
Almost One In Four LGBT+ Jamaicans Say They Have Lost Their...
By Kate Chappell
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Weds. July 1, 2020: (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Paris Lewinsky has been taking hormones for almost a year and is...
Caribbean Roots Educator Named President Of A City University Of New...
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. June 30, 2020: An educator whose roots extend through his maternal grandfather to the Caribbean, has been named...
These Former Caribbean Born Slaves Became Slave Owners Themselves
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. June 26, 2020: Often, when the history of slavery is told, the enslavers are always white. But in...
Correction in Total COVID-19 Deaths for Latin American and Caribbean Nations
SEATTLE, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- An unintentional error in calculating total deaths for Latin America and the Caribbean resulted in IHME issuing...
New IHME COVID-19 Model Forecasts Latin American, Caribbean Nations Will See...
SEATTLE, June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is forecasting nearly 388,300...
Son of woman killed in security operation seeks attention for Jamaica’s...
By Kate Chappell
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Weds. June 24, 2020 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The death of a mentally ill woman in Jamaica shot in her...
The UWI’s Vice-Chancellor To Spotlight On Significance Of Caribbean American Heritage...
News Americas, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Fri. June 19, 2020: Celebrated Caribbean Economic Historian, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, will share his perspective on the contributions of...