Cookies made of mud that is what the poor in Haiti are being forced to eat, thanks to rising food prices in the Caribbean nation.The biscuits, made from dried yellow clay mixed with water, salt and vegetable shortening or margarine, have become a staple for Haitians who are unable to afford even a plate of rice, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Love was in the air-conditioning at Whole Foods Redondo’s checkout aisle #3. As I waited to pay for my carrot sticks and crostini crackers (just got back from the Caribbean & Vegas, ate like a piglet, more on that later)… a dude walked up behind me with a bouquet of something sunshiney, inexpensive and long-stemmed.

It's called barter. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said Central American and Caribbean states could pay for oil with services or products like bananas and sugar.

Royal Caribbean and Tui Cruises join forces to bring cruising to the growing German market. The cruise line will be custom-tailored to German tastes, and encompass food, entertainment and amenities. German will be the language used onboard as well.

There are always lots of new restaurants opening on St. Maarten / St. Martin (We are the restaurant Capital of the Caribbean after all) but it’s only when something really special opens that we choose to let all of you know and this one is an absolute winner in all categories. Food, Price, Atmosphere, Attitude. It’s got it all.

The British African Caribbean community are residents of the United Kingdom who are of West Indian background, and whose ancestors were indigenous to Africa.As immigration to the United Kingdom from Africa increased in the 1990s, the term has been used to include UK residents solely of African origin, or as a term to define all Black British residents, though this is usually denoted by "African and Caribbean". The most common and traditional use of the term Afro-Caribbean community is in reference to groups of residents continuing aspects of Caribbean culture, customs and traditions in the United Kingdom.The largest proportion of the African-Caribbean population in the UK are of Jamaican origin; others trace origins to nations such as Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Montserrat, Dominica, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, which though located on the South American mainland, has close cultural ties to the Caribbean, and was historically considered to be part of the British West Indies, and Belize (formerly British Honduras), in Central America, which culturally is more akin to the English-speaking Caribbean than to Latin America, due to its colonial and still-extant economic ties to the UK.African-Caribbean communities exist throughout the United Kingdom, though by far the largest concentrations are in London, Birmingham and the broader West Midlands conurbation. Significant communities also exist in other population centres, notably Manchester, Nottingham, Coventry, Luton, Leicester, Bristol, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool and Cardiff. In these cities the community is traditionally associated with a particular area, such as Chapeltown in Leeds or St. Pauls in Bristol.