Caribbean

Cuba: New Airports Designated as Ports of Entry to Cuba

Date: March 16th, 2011 |

Nine airports are now designated as ports of entry for approved travelers wishing to go to Cuba for “purposeful” travel. This includes educational and religious purposes as well as medical or agricultural business. Joining the ranks of Los Angeles, Miami and New York are the airports of Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Baltimore, Dallas, New Orleans, Chicago, [read more]

Trindad and Tobago: “Bump and Rob” Crimes Could Increase During Holidays

Date: December 8th, 2010 |

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As in Denmark, the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain warned visitors and local residents that the crime rate here increases in the weeks leading up to the Christmas holidays and urged U.S. citizens to be on their guard. Recently a U.S. citizen was killed in what may have been a so-called “Bump and Rob” [read more]

St. Kitts: Suspects Arrested in Cruise Passenger Ambush

Date: November 17th, 2010 |

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St. Kitts has a relatively low crime rate, but in a recent incident a band of armed robbers used a fallen tree to block the road to the popular tourist site of Brimstone Hill Fortress, then ambushed a vanload of tourists from a cruise ship, robbing them of their cash and valuables before disappearing into [read more]

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: Security Increased in Wake of Tourist Killing, Suspect in Custody

Date: July 21st, 2010 |

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Authorities bolstered security in tourist areas throughout the island after the shooting death of a teenage Carnival Cruise Lines passenger July 12. The security measures included increased police foot and mobile patrols, upgraded surveillance equipment and 24-hour camera monitoring. One suspect was arrested after turning himself in to police and further arrests were [read more]

Puerto Rico: Dengue Fever on the Rise

Date: July 7th, 2010 |

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Hemorrhagic dengue fever claimed its third victim this year, prompting the health secretary to issue a warning that the island could face its worst outbreak ever if people didn’t destroy mosquito breeding areas. Puerto Rico experienced unusually heavy rainfall in May and June, which could be contributing to an increase in standing water that is [read more]

Bahamas: Unions Threaten General Strike

Date: January 5th, 2011 |

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Simmering tensions between the prime minister and union leaders raised the possibility of a general strike sometime in the coming weeks. Should the strike occur it could involve all sectors of the economy and disrupt travel throughout the islands. Union leaders are invoking the country’s last general strike of 1958 that shut down New Providence [read more]

Dominican Republic: Cholera Arrives from Haiti

Date: November 23rd, 2010 |

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Cholera has spread from neighboring Haiti to the Dominican Republic, but the likelihood that the disease will affect tourists is minimal. Cholera spreads via poor sanitation and the popular tourist areas in the country have adequate health systems in place. The disease is also easily treatable, but for impoverished Haiti it is not so simple. [read more]

Haiti: Cholera Outbreak Claims Almost 300 Lives

Date: October 27th, 2010 |

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A cholera outbreak is occurring in the Artibonite region about 50 miles north of Port-au-Prince and has killed almost 300 people, but authorities said the number of new cases has diminished. The UN and aid agencies have increased prevention efforts in Port-au-Prince, where only a few cases have been reported and were determined to have [read more]

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: Drug Violence Claims Life of 14-year-old Tourist

Date: July 14th, 2010 |

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A 14-year-old tourist from Puerto Rico on a shore excursion from a Carnival Cruise Lines ship was killed in a drug gang gun battle July 12. While the incident was a tragic case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, it underscored a growing problem in the Virgin Islands where gun violence [read more]

Haiti: Armed Robberies Targeting Passengers from U.S. Prompt Warning

Date: June 30th, 2010 |

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A number of recent robberies of travelers arriving from the U.S. at Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport prompted the U.S. Embassy to warn visitors to be careful when arranging transport from the airport. Four U.S. citizens were killed in separate robberies over the last three months in three different locations when criminals followed them from [read more]

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