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The Caribbean (/ˌkærᵻˈbiːən/ or /kəˈrɪbiən/; Spanish: Caribe; Dutch: Caraïben ; Caribbean Hindustani: कैरिबियन (Kairibiyana); French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles) is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean), and the surrounding coasts. The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America.

Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the region comprises more than 700 islands, islets, reefs, and cays. (See the list.) These islands generally form island arcs that delineate the eastern and northern edges of the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean islands, consisting of the Greater Antilles on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles), are part of the somewhat larger West Indies grouping, which also includes the Lucayan Archipelago (comprising The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands) north of the Greater Antilles and Caribbean Sea. In a wider sense, the mainland countries of Belize, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana are also included.

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Caribbean expats mean much to Britain

The Gleaner 24 Jun 2018

The 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in the United Kingdom gives us a fitting opportunity to celebrate UK-Caribbean relations and the invaluable contribution the Windrush Generation has made to British society ... ....

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UWI working with Caribbean governments to achieve economic, social growth

Jamaica Observer 24 Jun 2018

The University of the West Indies (UWI) says it is working with Caribbean governments to achieve economic and social growth, while transforming itself to take advantage of the opportunities and meet the challenges of the 21st Century ... campus will provide opportunities for students across the Caribbean, especially those with no physical campuses....

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Future-proofing the Caribbean

The Gleaner 24 Jun 2018

If like me, you listen regularly to the BBC World Service, you may have heard a recent item about an extraordinary leap forward in technology which, over time, could lead to clothes and even shoes being produced using a domestic 3D printer.Although... ....

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New novel fleshes out Jean Rhys' troubled life

Winston-Salem Journal 24 Jun 2018

Rhys was born on the Caribbean island of Dominica when it was still a British colony. She left for England at age 16 for school, then worked as a chorus girl and muddled through a string of unhappy relationships across Europe ... The book is framed by the one unhappy visit she made to her Caribbean home as an adult ... the lush tropical paradise seething with racial tension ... Phillips also was born in the Caribbean, on the island of St ... ....

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End of the hegemony of North Atlantic Alliance?

Jamaica Observer 24 Jun 2018

The countries of the North Atlantic have dominated the world since a hopelessly lost Christopher Columbus ended up in the Caribbean, setting off the encounter of the Old World of Europe and the so-called New World of the Americas ... the French and the English across North, South, and Central America, and the Caribbean where colonies still exist....

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Family travel five: 5 summer visits for adventure, memories

Worcester Telegram 24 Jun 2018

Where will you be this summer? Here are five destinations that promise to deliver family adventure and magical memories.1. Half Moon, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Find your way to this iconic Caribbean resort, where you'll find a multitude of ways to enjoy family time within 400 beachfront acres ... ....

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Police: Officers killed armed man in north Minneapolis

Olean Times Herald 24 Jun 2018

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police in Minneapolis say officers shot and killed a man who was firing a handgun as he walked down a city street ... Saturday on the north side of Minneapolis ... +14. AP PHOTOS. Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean ... ....

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Ganja slipping out

Jamaica Observer 24 Jun 2018

So if an individual should purchase a $100 bag of marijuana and pay approximately 3,000 Jamaican dollars to get it into the United States or the Eastern Caribbean, they can fetch anywhere between US$100 and US$150 for that… if they can send 20 of that for the week and 10 goes undetected, you will see how lucrative that aspect of the business is,” the detective inspector said....

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West Indies v/s Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: From 24 for 4 to 132 for 5, ...

DNA India 24 Jun 2018

Almost half of the scheduled overs were lost to intermittent showers as Day-Night Test cricket came to the Caribbean for the first time, three years after the first such fixture was played between Australia and neighbours New Zealand in Adelaide ... Also read ... Also read. West Indies vs Sri Lanka ... Cricket Sri Lanka West Indies Caribbean Shane Dowrich west indies vs sri lanka west indies vs sri lanka 2018. ....

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Diaspora group continues fight to spare women from abuse

Jamaica Observer 24 Jun 2018

“With human trafficking on the rise, and disproportionately impacting Afro-Diasporic communities, FDWO seeks to raise community awareness around human trafficking in the state of Florida and the Caribbean,” stated Deer, who emigrated to the US as a child....

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Coral reefs ‘will be overwhelmed by rising oceans’

The Observer 24 Jun 2018

Scientists have uncovered a new threat to the world’s endangered coral reefs. They have found that most are incapable of growing quickly enough to compensate for rising sea levels triggered by global warming ... “For many reefs across the Caribbean and Indian Ocean regions, where the study focused, rates of growth are slowing due to coral reef degradation,” said Professor Chris Perry, of Exeter University ... Two key factors are involved ... ....

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Path crosses with the foreboding black witch butterfly in Day County

Aberdeen News 24 Jun 2018

Tuesday was a strange day out on the prairie, a strange day as part of a rather weird week. I kept finding myself saying, “Well, that is odd,” or saying, “I’ve never seen that before” or, just “Really?” ... It bears common names such as Mariposa de la Muerte (“Butterfly of Death”) in Mexico, Duppy Bat (“Lost Soul”) in Jamaica or Sorciére Noire (“Dark Sorcerer”) in French-speaking Caribbean islands such as Saint Martin. But not all is bad....

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How U.S. Policy in Honduras Set the Stage for Mass Migration Today

Alternet 24 Jun 2018

The United States in Central America,” American companies “built railroads, established their own banking systems, and bribed government officials at a dizzying pace.” As a result, the Caribbean coast “became a foreign-controlled enclave that systematically swung the whole of Honduras into a one-crop economy whose wealth was carried off to New Orleans, New York, and later Boston .”....

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