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The Caribbean is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north and also the west through Central America, and South America to the south, it comprises numerous islands, cays, islets, reefs, and banks.

It includes the Lucayan Archipelago, Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles of the West Indies; the Quintana Roo islands and Belizean islands of the Yucatán Peninsula; and the Bay Islands, Miskito Cays, Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina, Corn Islands, and San Blas Islands of Central America. It also includes the coastal areas on the continental mainland of the Americas bordering the region from the Yucatán Peninsula in North America through Central America to the Guianas in South America. (Full article...)

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The Ejército Popular Boricua ("Boricua Popular/People's Army"), EPB also known as Los Macheteros ("The Machete Wielders"), is a clandestine militant and insurgent organization based in Puerto Rico, with cells in the broader US and other nations. It campaigns for, and supports, the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States.

During their first decade of existence, they had an average of two actions per year. The group claimed responsibility for the 1978 bombing of a small power station in the San Juan area, the 1979 retaliation attacks against the United States armed forces personnel, the 1981 Muñiz Air National Guard Base attack, and a 1983 Wells Fargo bank robbery. (Full article...)

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Saint Lucia (also written as St. Lucia) is an island country in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617 km² (238 sq mi) with an officially estimated population of over 184,100 people as of mid 2023. The nation's capital and largest city is Castries.

The first proven inhabitants of the island, the Arawaks, are believed to have been the first to settle on the island in 200–400 AD. In 800 AD, the island was taken over by the Kalinago. The French were the first European colonists to settle on the island, and they signed a treaty with the native Caribs in 1660. The English took control of the island in 1663. In ensuing years, England and France fought 14 times for control of the island; consequently control over this immensely valuable geopolitical position changed frequently. Eventually, the British took complete control in 1814, shortly after the victory over French Emperor Napoleon I. Because the island switched so often between British and French control, Saint Lucia was also known as the "Helen of the West" after the Greek mythological character, Helen of Troy. (Full article...)

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The Aruban and Curaçaoan dish Keshi Yena

Keshi yena is an Aruban and Curaçaoan main course dish, consisting of a large round ball of cheese stuffed with spiced meat (often chicken), served steamed or baked. The dish is believed to have originated from Dutch Empire slaves of the Dutch West Indies stuffing leftover rinds of Gouda or Edam cheeses with meat table scraps. The name "keshi" is reported to be the Papiamento language rendering of kaas, "cheese" in Dutch. Modern keshi yena recipes typically include olives, raisins and chicken as ingredients in the stuffing. While some modern cooks prepare keshi yena in ramekins, others stick to the traditional method of baking the dish in an empty can of sausages, or by wrapping the cheese in plantain leaves. (Full article...)

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...that eating an unripe Ackee fruit (pictured), which were introduced to Jamaica from West Africa by Dr. Thomas Clark in 1778, can trigger an acute vomiting and hypoglycemic disease known as Jamaican vomiting sickness?

... that the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana enrolled between 10,000 and 12,000 students from up to 29 countries in 2006?

...that the headquarters of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank are located at on the south western coast of Saint Kitts Island?

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The golden swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) is a swallow endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and was once native to Jamaica, but is now extirpated there. It is restricted to isolated montane forests that primarily consist of the Hispaniolan pine (Pinus occidentalis). This species is considered to be a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The exact cause of its extirpation from Jamaica is unknown, but likely factors include predation by introduced mammals and habitat loss, although the habitat loss theory is not supported by much evidence. The last sighting of the nominate subspecies was in Hardwar Gap (located on the boundary between Saint Andrew and Portland parishes), with three birds being seen on 8 June 1989.

A relatively small swallow, the Jamaican subspecies had bronze upperparts and bronze sides of the head. The ears and lores were duller and the forehead area was more green than bronze. The shoulders, back, rump, and uppertail-coverts were, on the other hand, a coppery-bronze colour. The lesser and median coverts were more coppery, with the greater and primary-wing-coverts more of a dusky green. The primaries, secondaries, and tail were a dusky bronze-green. The underparts were mostly white. The legs, feet, and irides were dark brown, and the bill was black. The female was similar, but with its breast, and occasionally throat and undertail-coverts, mottled grey-brown. The juvenile was also mottled-grey brown, and duller overall. The Hispaniolan subspecies, T. e. sclateri, is primarily differentiated by its more deeply forked tail, blue-green forehead and uppertail-coverts, and blue-black wings and tail. (Full article...)

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Voters queue to cast their vote during the Haitian general election, 2006

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The music of Puerto Rico has evolved as a heterogeneous and dynamic product of diverse cultural resources. The most conspicuous musical sources of Puerto Rico have primarily included African, Taino Indigenous, and European influences. Puerto Rican music culture today comprises a wide and rich variety of genres, ranging from essentially native genres such as bomba, jíbaro, seis, danza, and plena to more recent hybrid genres such as salsa, Latin trap and reggaeton. Broadly conceived, the realm of "Puerto Rican music" should naturally comprise the music culture of the millions of people of Puerto Rican descent who have lived in the United States, especially in New York City. Their music, from salsa to the boleros of Rafael Hernández, cannot be separated from the music culture of Puerto Rico itself. (Full article...)

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Image 1Illustration circa 1815 showing "Incendie du Cap" (Burning of Cape Francais) during the Haitian Revolution. The caption reads: "General revolt of the Blacks. Massacre of the Whites". (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 2An Arawak stone carving uncovered in Guadeloupe. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 3American 757 on final approach to Saint Maarten Airport (from Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean)
Image 4A linen market in the British West Indies, circa 1780 (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 5Agostino Brunias. Free Women of Color with Their Children and Servants in a Landscape, ca. 1770-1796 Brooklyn Museum (from Culture of the Caribbean)
Image 6Linguistic map of the Caribbean in CE 1500, before European colonization (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 7Bath Hotel, Nevis, photograph by Jose Anjo of Antigua (from Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean)
Image 8A medallion showing the Capture of Trinidad and Tobago by the British in 1797. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 9Battle of the Saintes by Thomas Mitchell. This 1782 battle between the British and French navies took place near Guadeloupe. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 10A container ship docked in the deep water harbour of Bridgetown, Barbados, which opened in 1961. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 11Sugar plantation in the British colony of Antigua, 1823 (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 12Sir Ralph Abercromby, Commander of the British forces that captured Trinidad and Tobago. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 13A carriage on a street in Martinique, one of the Caribbean islands that has not become independent. It is an overseas region of France, and its citizens are full French citizens. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 14A 1906 advertisement in the Montreal Medical Journal, showing the United Fruit Company selling trips to Jamaica. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 15The Piazza at Havana by Dominic Serres. The Piazza of Havana, Cuba occupied by British troops following the Siege of Havana, in 1762, during the Seven Years' War. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 16Plaquita, a Dominican street version of cricket. The Dominican Republic was first introduced to cricket through mid-18th century British contact, but switched to baseball after the 1916 American occupation. (from Culture of the Caribbean)
Image 17Political evolution of Central America and the Caribbean from 1700 to present (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 18A 19th-century lithograph by Theodore Bray showing a sugarcane plantation. On right is "white officer", the European overseer, surveilling plantation workers. To the left is a flat-bottomed vessel for cane transportation. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 19The Natives of Cumaná attack the mission after Gonzalo de Ocampo's slaving raid. Colored copperplate by Theodor de Bry, published in the "Relación brevissima de la destruccion de las Indias". (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 20Cane cutters in Jamaica, 1880s. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 21Contemporary political map of the Caribbean (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 22The forced African migrants brought to the Caribbean lived in inhumane conditions. Above are examples of slave huts in Dutch Bonaire. About 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide, between 2 and 3 slaves slept in these after working in nearby salt mines. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 23Beach on the Caribbean side of Isla Mujeres (from Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean)
Image 24Map of Antilles / Caribbean in 1843. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 25The palm is the symbol most associated with Caribbean identity. (from Culture of the Caribbean)
Image 26Spanish Caribbean Islands in the American Viceroyalties 1600. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 27United States' rescue effort at St. Vincent, 1902, following an eruption of the volcano at La Soufrière. (from History of the Caribbean)
Image 28Orange Carnival Masqueraders in Trinidad (from Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean)
Image 29Crane Resort old and new buildings, Cobblers Reef, Barbados (from Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean)
Image 30MS Marina docked at Martinique (from Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean)

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