WASHINGTON — Costa Rica wants to expand its trade ties with the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) as well as with Puerto Rico, said the country’s foreign minister, Manuel Antonio González-Sanz, during a visit to the United States last week. González was in Washington to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, for the […]
WASHINGTON — Jan. 12 marks five years since a magnitude-7.0 earthquake razed Port-au-Prince and threw Haiti into chaos. Raymond Joseph was Haiti’s ambassador to the United States at the time. While his country’s president and politicians hid from the public, he famously filled the void of leadership, activating the international community’s first-aid response. Now Joseph, […]
WASHINGTON — First, the good news: if you’re a U.S. citizen who’s already licensed to travel to Cuba, you may now come back to the United States with $400 worth of Cuban goods, including $100 in duty-free rum and cigars.