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Canada announces that it will deploy navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering amid a worsening security situation in the Caribbean country.
2023-02-16

A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti, killing at least 304 people and wounding more than 1,800 others. Several homes and buildings collapsed, with the earthquake being felt across the Caribbean. No tsunami warning has been issued. Haiti is still recovering from a major earthquake that impacted the country in 2010.
2021-08-14

Cuban health regulator CECMED approves the emergency use of the domestically-produced Abdala vaccine, becoming the fifth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in the country. Manufacturers last month claimed that the vaccine, which requires three doses, has a 92% effectiveness rate against the virus. This makes Cuba the first Caribbean and Latin American country to successfully develop its own variation of the vaccine.
2021-07-9

Director of the Pan American Health Organization Carissa F. Etienne announces that Latin America and the Caribbean have surpassed one million deaths caused by COVID-19.
2021-05-21

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and major Canadian airlines agree to suspend all flights to "sun destinations" such as the Caribbean and Mexico until April 30.
2021-01-29

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns pregnant women against visiting 14 countries and territories in South America, Central America and the Caribbean due to the Zika virus outbreak.
2016-01-15

A British lawyer and his wife are found dead by their gardener at their home on the Caribbean island of Tobago. The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service believe the couple were murdered during a suspected robbery.
2015-10-21

Four people are killed on the Caribbean island of Dominica as a result of floods and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Erika.
2015-08-27

The world's deepest undersea volcanic vents are discovered in the Cayman Trough in the Caribbean.
2010-04-12

A severe 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti. Tsunami watches issued across the Caribbean.
2010-01-12