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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Samuda (left), in conversation with (from second left) Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, Bernardo Guanche Hernández; and Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade…

By Jorge Martín On Friday May 13th, Venezuelan president Maduro extended the “Economic Emergency Decree” which had given him special powers in January, and further decreed a 60-day State of…

By Alecia Smith-Edwards KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of finance and the public service, Audley Shaw, says Jamaica must move with urgency to develop a medical marijuana industry. He pointed…

By: Kiratiana Freelon The campaign included 15 photos of Afro-Colombians shot low-key, which yields the entire photo in various shades of black. The man seen in this photo, “the black angel,”…

By: Tracy L. Scott An outside shot of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Race can be a polarizing topic in…

The Kalinago, Dominica’s indigenous people. (Photo: Dominica News Online) BELIZE CITY, Belize, Wednesday May 11, 2016 – The Caribbean’s indigenous people have called to be given a seat at the political table…

By Libby Coleman The South was smoldering. A victory for the Union forces was just a few months away. Behind the Union, however, was something it wasn’t quite ready to deal…

    Margareta Matache and Jacqueline Bhabha April 22, 2016 Foreign Policy in Focus   The Romanian church, the aristocracy, and the state institutions inherited huge sums of wealth from…