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M.A. Dworkin Costa Rica - The U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica, has issued a “Security Alert” for the popular Central American vacation destination of Costa Rica. The Embassy is warning Americans of a rise in potentially dangerous crimes, which includes property crimes, financial crimes, and robberies that have impacted foreigners in Costa Rica, including U.S. citizens. The authorities pointed to criminal gangs targeting “foreign-owned businesses and residences fo

M.A. Dworkin The Caribbean - In a war-like, politically charged, atmosphere that has suddenly rolled across the Caribbean Sea like a tsunami, moving from the drug-struck shores of Venezuela, up to the friendly shores of Old San Juan, Charlotte Amalie and Frederiksted, there currently exists an explosion of a much-needed, economic boost to the retail environments of the U.S. Territorial islands of Puerto Rico and the USVI. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest nuc

M.A. Dworkin Puerto Rico - The United States has quietly reactivated the former Roosevelt Roads Naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, while bringing in F-35s, a carrier strike group, bombers, and amphibious forces across the Caribbean. Roosevelt Roads, the sprawling Cold War-era naval hub that Washington shuttered in 2004, is quietly back in operation. According to a recent report coming out of Roosevelt Roads, accompanied by corroborating satellite imagery, U.S. forces ha

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - A sensational new Jazz Venue has opened at The Galleon at Tamarind Reef Resort! This smashing new spot for Live-Music Jazz promises to be The Place for Jazz on STX! Jazz Lovers across the island can finally settle back into a beautiful, air-conditioned space, overlooking the lovely harbor at Green Cay Marina, and enjoy great acoustics while they mellow out with some of the best jazz in the islands. This Saturday’s electrifying edition

M.A. Dworkin South America - It all sounds very noble, very American gung-ho, very righteous. The lame-duck President of the United States has declared his own personal war on the Cartels of Venezuela. His stated intent is to wipe out the scum who poison our people, and at the same time to chase out the drug lord’s puppet, the corrupt Maduro regime. It all seems very impressive to pursue a war-like agenda by suddenly stationing fleets of warships in the Caribbean, of

M.A. Dworkin Nigeria - Modern day warfare apparently takes on many shapes. There are the obvious ones like attack drones, bunker busting bombs and of course nuclear weapons. But now, from a corner of the world we would least suspect of developing new mass weapons of war, comes a quasi-legitimate, quasi-comical, albeit sobering threat, from the African State of Nigeria that involves Mosquito Warfare. In a story that is being reported in The Zambian Observer and the Dai

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - In the wake of the 17th go-fast boat being blown out of the water in the Caribbean and Pacific - a war-like act off the coast of Venezuela that has killed 80 suspected “narco-terrorists” and is part of the Trump Administration’s attempt to destabilize the corrupt Maduro regime and put a damper on the cartel's drug trade infiltrating the U.S.- imminent signs of a broad military build-up in the Caribbean has settled upon the quiet shores of the sleepy

M.A. Dworkin The Sun - A new study has found, Solar energy is now so cheap to run it costs as little as $0.027, in the sunniest countries, to produce one unit of power. It has been branded the “key driver” in the world’s transition to clean, renewable power due to its low cost. The University of Surrey, UK, study named solar cheaper than wind, coal and gas as an option for large-scale energy generation. Due to the price of lithium-ion batteries falling by 89 per cent s

M.A. Dworkin Puerto Rico - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), acting under the direction of the Department of War (DoD), has issued a new Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) establishing temporary flight restrictions over an area off the southeast coast of Ceiba, Puerto Rico. The order, identified as FDC 5/9106, takes effect on November 1, 2025, and will remain active through March 31, 2026. According to the FAA, the restrictions are for “Special Security Reaso

M.A. Dworkin David Hamilton Jackson was born on September 28, 1884, in the Estate East Hill, on the island of St. Croix, in the Danish West Indies. He died on May 30, 1946, on the island of St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was vilified as a rebel to the Danish officials who ruled toward the end of the Danish era. Yet, he was lionized as a hero to the Black population who demanded their freedom from slavery in their homeland of St. Croix. Jackson’s maternal gran

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Millions of people came out nationwide and globally in peaceful protest to voice their opposition to Trump Administration policies on everything from strong-arm immigration tactics to mass firings of government employees, to overall quasi-Monarch applications of the law. The nationwide effort involved more than 300 grassroots organizations, with protest events held at over 2,600 locations in all 50 States. Protest events rose up in cities rang

M.A. Dworkin USVI - “There’s a new world comin’ And it’s just around the bend…There’s a new day dawning, That belongs to you and me…” sings Nina Simone. Such is the battle cry of the U.S. Virgin Islands as it works to reinvent itself as a people who are willing to rise up, shake off its past industrial disappointments, and carve out a new vision for itself as one of the innovative leaders of tourism in the Caribbean Basin. Now imagine this scenario if you will: