What have Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Hispaniola and the Cayman Islands all have in common?
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Coiban agouti The Coiban agouti (Dasyprocta coibae) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to the island of Coiba (Panama) and resembles the more widespread Central American agouti. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Central American agouti The Central American agouti ("Dasyprocta punctata") is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula (southern Mexico), through Central America, to northwestern Ecuador, Colombia and far western Venezuela. A highly disjunct population is found in southeastern Peru, far southwestern Brazil, Bolivia, western Paraguay and far northwestern Argentina. The disjunct population has been treated as a separate species, the brown agouti ("Dasyprocta variegata"), but a major review of the geographic variation is necessary. The Central American agouti has also been introduced to Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Hispaniola and the Cayman Islands.
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Curaçao Curaçao ( or ; Dutch: "Curaçao" , ] ; Papiamentu: "Kòrsou") is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km north of the Venezuelan coast. It is a constituent country (Dutch: "land" ) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Isla Aves Isla de Aves (Spanish for "Island of Birds" or "Birds Island"), or Aves Island, is a Caribbean dependency of Venezuela. It has been the subject of numerous territorial disputes between the neighboring independent islands, such as Dominica, and European mother countries of surrounding dependent islands, such as the Netherlands. It is part of the Aves Ridge and lies to the west of the Windward Islands chain at . It is 375 m in length and never more than 50 m in width, and rises 4 m above the sea on a calm day. Under a particular interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea it could be classified as a rock, which would only give Venezuela a twelve nautical mile economic zone. However, Venezuela claims it is an island, which grants it a 200 mi exclusive economic zone. Mostly sand, a small portion has some scrubby vegetation. It is sometimes completely submerged during hurricanes. It is 185 km southwest of the closest land, Montserrat, 225 km west of Dominica and 547 km north of the Venezuelan mainland.
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Bletia florida Bletia florida is a species of orchid. It is native to Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean; it is also reportedly naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago.
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Music of the Virgin Islands The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long-standing West Indian cultural ties to the island nations to the south, the islands' African heritage and European colonial history, as well as recent North American influences. Though the United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands are politically separate, they maintain close cultural ties. From its neighbors, the Virgin Islands has imported various pan-Caribbean genres of music, including calypso and soca from Trinidad and reggae from Jamaica.
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Petite Terre Islands Petite Terre Islands (French: "Îles de la Petite Terre" , literally "Islands of the Small Land") are two small uninhabited islands located about 10 km to the south-east of the island of Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe), in the Lesser Antilles. These two islands are named Petite Terre ("Small Land") in contrast with the much larger Grande-Terre ("Large Land") island.
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Gulf of Batabanó The Gulf of Batabanó (Spanish: "Golfo de Batabanó" ; ] ), also called the Batabanó Gulf, is an inlet or strait off southwestern Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, separating mainland Cuba from the Isle of Youth. It is located at .
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Music of the Lesser Antilles The music of the Lesser Antilles encompasses the music of this chain of small islands making up the eastern and southern portion of the West Indies. Lesser Antillean music is part of the broader category of Caribbean music; much of the folk and popular music is also a part of the Afro-American musical complex, being a mixture of African, European and indigenous American elements. The Lesser Antilles' musical cultures are largely based on the music of African slaves brought by European traders and colonizers. The African musical elements are a hybrid of instruments and styles from numerous West African tribes, while the European slaveholders added their own musics into the mix, as did immigrants from India. In many ways, the Lesser Antilles can be musically divided based on which nation colonized them.
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Bonaire Bonaire (pronounced or ; Dutch: "Bonaire" , ] ; Papiamentu: "Boneiru") is an island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Together with Aruba and Curaçao, it forms the group known as the ABC islands, less than a hundred miles off the north coast of South America near the western part of Venezuela. Unlike much of the Caribbean region, the ABCs lie outside the hurricane belt. The islands have an arid climate, which helps tourism, as visitors to the islands can reliably expect warm, sunny weather. Bonaire is a popular destination for scuba diving, and easy access from shore to its fringing reefs.
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List of newspapers in the Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands is a group of three islands in the Caribbean Sea. The first monthly publication on the islands was "The Gospel of the Kingdom", a religious themed newspaper founded in 1945. In 1964, the newspaper "Tradewinds" began publication. This was joined by the rival "Caymanian Weekly" in 1965. This was followed by a second weekly publication, the "Cayman Compass", which started in 1972. In 1974, the two weeklies merged to form the "Caymanian Compass". This became a bi-weekly publication in 1976, appearing on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Haitian diaspora Haiti has a sizable diaspora, present chiefly in the Dominican Republic, the United States, Canada, Cuba, the Bahamas, and France. They also live in other countries like Belgium, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, Mexico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Brazil and Chile, among others.
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Cayman Islands–United States relations Cayman Islands – United States relations are bilateral relations between the Cayman Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America.
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Cuban fruit-eating bat The Cuban fruit-eating bat ("Brachyphylla nana") is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Turks and Caicos Islands.
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Cayman Islands at the 2011 Pan American Games The Cayman Islands will compete at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, October 14–30, 2011. The Cayman Islands will send twelve athletes in four sports, the same number as from the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. The Chef de Mission of the team will be general secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association, Bruce Blake.
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History of the Caribbean The history of the Caribbean reveals the significant role the region played in the colonial struggles of the European powers since the 15th century. In the 20th century the Caribbean was again important during World War II, in the decolonization wave during the post-war period, and in the tension between Communist Cuba and the United States. Genocide, slavery, immigration and rivalry between world powers have given Caribbean history an impact disproportionate to the size of this small region.
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Papilio machaonides Papilio machaonides, the machaonides swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus "Papilio" that is found in Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Cayman Islands.
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1933 Texas tropical storm The 1933 Texas tropical storm produced record rainfall in the south-central United States in July of the 1933 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the third storm of the season, developing on July 14 near the Lesser Antilles. While moving westward through the Caribbean Sea, the cyclone passed just south of Jamaica on July 16. The storm dropped heavy rainfall on the island that caused flooding and road washouts. On July 18, the storm struck Belize and later moved across the Yucatán Peninsula. Initially it was believed that the storm continued into Mexico and dissipated while another storm formed to its northeast, but it was discovered in 2012 that the storm followed one continuous track.
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InterCaribbean Airways interCaribbean Airways, Ltd. (formerly known as Air Turks & Caicos) is a passenger airline based in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The airline offers scheduled domestic and regional services from its hub at Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, to multiple destinations in Antigua, The Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. interCaribbean Airways also operates domestic flights in Jamaica between Kingston and Montego Bay, the first non Jamaican airline in over 50 years of Jamaica independence to be given such route rights. The company provides charter flights as well. The airline was established in 1991 as InterIsland Airways, Ltd.. In 2008, Air Turks and Caicos bought its direct competitor SkyKing. The SkyKing brand was integrated within the Air Turks and Caicos operations on 22 October 2008.
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Dominican Republic–Haiti relations Dominican Republic–Haiti relations refers to the political and social relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. These two countries coexist on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The living standards in the Dominican Republic are considerably higher than those in Haiti. There are deep-set cultural differences that contribute to the long-standing Haitian–Dominican conflict.
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Music of Martinique The music of Martinique has a heritage which is intertwined with that of its sister island, Guadeloupe. Despite their small size, the islands have created a large popular music industry, which gained in international renown after the success of zouk music in the later 20th century. Zouk's popularity was particularly intense in France, where the genre became an important symbol of identity for Martinique and Guadeloupe. Zouk's origins are in the folk music of Martinique and Guadeloupe, especially Martinican chouval bwa, and Guadeloupan gwo ka. There's also notable influence of the pan-Caribbean calypso tradition and Haitian kompa.
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Haiti (disambiguation) Haiti is a Caribbean country occupying roughly three-eighths of the island of Hispaniola and includes many smaller islands.