Homepage Slider, Travel, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Belize, St. Lucia
By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 176 (May/June 2023)
Where past and present converge, part 3 | Round trip
The UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the greater Caribbean are of special cultural and historical importance to us all. Shelly-Ann Inniss guides us through five more sites for your sights, in part three of our series
Arrive, Leisure, Travel, Puerto Rico, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 164 (May/June 2021)
Back of beyond | Round trip
The Caribbean has plenty of bustling cities and popular beaches — but when you really want to get away from everything, you can also find tranquil hideaways, from tiny coastal villages in Tobago and Dominica to the indigenous settlements of Guyana’s Rupununi
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 160 (November/December 2019)
Old San Juan | Bucket list
One of the Caribbean’s oldest cities has a historic centre famous for its architecture and culture
By Erline Andrews ● Issue 152 (July/August 2018)
Eye on the sky — from Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory | Discover
For five decades, one of the world’s most important radio telescopes, gathering essential information about outer space, has operated from Puerto Rico’s Arecibo, at the heart of the Caribbean, writes Erline Andrews
Embark, Community, Environment, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Barts, St. Martin, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
After the storm | Perspective
For people of the Caribbean, the start of the annual hurricane season in June is a time of watchfulness, if not anxiety. Hurricanes are a...
Immerse, Music, People, Puerto Rico
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
Pasito a pasito: Daddy Yankee & Luis Fonsi | Backstory
The Caribbean musical hit of 2017? That’s “Despacito”, the steamy song by Puerto Ricans Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, which has been breaking records all year. Nazma Muller investigates its runaway success, and explains why “Despacito” has roused controversy for more than its lyrics
Engage, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Puerto Rico
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 147 (September/October 2017)
A cave with a view | Parting Shot
High above the valley of Puerto Rico’s Rio Grande de Arecibo, a system of caves in the limestone cliffs serves as a home for a colony of...
Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Puerto Rico
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Streetscape The municipality of Ponce sprawls from the southern coastal plain of Puerto Rico up to the heights of the Cordillera Central,...