Caribbean struggles to recover from '08 hurricanes

The Caribbean is still struggling to recover from last year's hurricanes, with crews scrambling to rebuild homes and replant crops as the region faces a new season of storms.

Dominica's Carib tribe elects new chief

The newly elected chief of Dominica's Caribs, the last remaining pre-Columbian tribe in the eastern Caribbean, said Thursday he has high hopes for the island's dwindling indigenous population.

Paris Club lenders cancel Haiti debt

The Paris Club of creditor nations said Wednesday it has canceled $62.73 million of debt it is owed by Haiti and that further bilateral agreements have cleared the Caribbean nation's remaining debt to individual club members.

PINECREST

Gulliver Prep students show their smarts -- and compassion

Students at Gulliver Prep in Pinecrest are developing ways to provide clean drinking water to storm-ravaged Haiti.

THE CARIBBEAN

Caribbean islands at odds over alliances with Hugo Chávez

A budding alliance between Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and several small, English-speaking island nations is creating waves in the Caribbean.

Bill Clinton views storm damage in Haiti

Former President Bill Clinton, now the special envoy to Haiti, got a firsthand look at Gonaives, which was battered last year by tropical storms.

Bill Clinton: Aid coordination needed to fix Haiti

A lack of coordination among aid groups and Haitian leaders is hurting efforts to ease poverty in the Caribbean nation, Bill Clinton said Wednesday as he wrapped up his first trip here as a special U.N. envoy.

Bill Clinton making first Haiti visit as UN envoy

Bill Clinton aims to refocus international attention on this Caribbean country's deep economic problems and environmental decay during his first visit as the United Nations' special envoy to Haiti.

From Haiti, a surprise: good news about AIDS

When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.

CARIBBEAN

Caribbean leaders seek help for their economies

Cash-strapped Caribbean leaders plan to lobby international financial institutions for assistance.

CARICOM SUMMIT

Caribbean Community nations seek unity

Members of the CARICOM regional group seek unity as Caribbean nations as economic, trade and immigration challenges threaten the stability of the region.

Former Turks & Caicos prime minister faces criminal probe

British officials looking into corruption allegations in the Turks and Caicos Islands have called for a criminal investigation of Premier Michael Misick, authorities said Thursday.

Economic free fall shakes Caribbean

With the United States in the midst of recession, the tourist-dependent Caribbean searches for ways to cushion the blow during a four-day summit.

A TEEN'S TRIUMPH

Haitian girl's scars giving way to smiles

A teenage girl who has undergone several operations to transform her disfigured face is blooming into a confident teenager.

HAITI

Haiti now closer to receiving aid

Cash-strapped, storm-battered Haiti is finally getting relief. After years of struggling to meet the requirements for cancellation of most of its $1.7 billion in foreign debt, the country has finally achieved $1.2 billion in debt forgiveness from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Virgin Islands clears NFL player in land dispute

Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor and two partners were cleared Tuesday in a civil suit of reneging on a deal to buy a private island with sandy shoals and wind-swept grasses.

$1.2 billion in debts canceled to help Haiti

Three international organizations canceled $1.2 billion of Haiti's debt Tuesday, freeing up millions of dollars each year for the deeply impoverished Caribbean nation that is beset by humanitarian crises.

Lecturer takes an in-depth look at Haiti

It is one of the most controversial periods in Haitian history, and yet Jamaican anthropologist and University of the West Indies lecturer Matthew Smith argues that it was also perhaps modern Haiti's greatest moment of political promise.

Haiti president's party picks up 5 Senate seats

President Rene Preval's party won five of 11 contests to fill open Senate seats, according to preliminary results released Monday by the provisional electoral council.