Dominica
Commonwealth of DominicaDominica
CAPITAL: Roseau
FLAG: On a green background appears a cross composed of yellow, black, and white stripes; in the center is a red disk with 10 yellow-bordered ...
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Dominica - Pierre Charles
Pierre CharlesPrime Minister
(pronounced "pea-AIR SHARLL")
"While I am hopeful and indeed optimistic, I am also chastened to the realities of the ec...
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Dominica
Dominica is a mountainous island of volcanic origin in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, located midway between Puerto Rico to the north and Trinidad to the south. It is 754 square kilome...
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An opposition leader has attacked a proposal for a hotel to control one of Dominica's most popular beaches, saying tourism revenue is not worth making residents "second-class citizens" on thei...
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As I picked my way over hot rocks and bubbling mud in the pouring rain, I realized Dominica was not for the faint-hearted. I was hiking to the Boiling Lake, a bizarre cauldron of steaming-hot water...
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said Thursday he will meet with evangelicals in Dominica seeking restrictions on gay cruises, which have drawn some protests elsewhere in the Caribbean.
Do...
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Hurricane Dean barreled across the eastern Caribbean Saturday and took aim at Hispaniola, Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, with forecasters saying it could turn into a monster Category 5 sto...
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Hurricane Dean roared into the eastern Caribbean on Friday, tearing away roofs, flooding streets and causing at least three deaths on small islands as the powerful storm headed on a collision cours...
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Islanders went door to door Thursday to warn neighbors of Hurricane Dean, which spun toward the Caribbean packing 100 mph winds and threatens to strengthen into an extremely dangerous storm by next...
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Hurricane Dean tore through the eastern Caribbean islands of St. Lucia and Martinique on Friday, terrifying residents with powerful winds that shook homes, downed trees and knocked out power.The ey...
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President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela hopes to gradually sell off its refineries in the United States and build a new network of refineries in Latin America, part of a plan to offer his ...
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Mexico City (dpa) - Hurricane Dean again struck Mexico on
Wednesday, making landfall as a category two storm in the state of
Veracruz but weakening as it travelled further i...
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