Caribbean

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

Haitian refugees await word of Caribbean storm Tomas on November 3, 2010 at a tent city in Port-au-Prince. The Caribbean storm Tomas fizzled into a tropical depression after lashing Barbados and leaving a more than a dozen dead in St. Lucia over the weekend, but forecasters predicted the storm could regain strength and barrel into quake-ravaged Haiti later in the week, threatening the hundreds of thousands of people living in camps around Port-au-Prince since a devastating earthquake in January.

ANAHEIM, CA - DECEMBER 13: In this handout photo provided by Disneyland, director Rob Marshall poses at the entrance to the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland on December 13, 2010 in Anaheim, California. Marshall, the director of the upcoming 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,' introduced the film's first full-length 3D trailer to more than 500 Pirates fans who turned out at the Disneyland Resort this morning at 6am. The film opens nationwide on May 20.

Dr. Emma Harrison of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, examines a golfina turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) as she finishes nesting her eggs in Las Bocanitas beach in San Luis Talpa, 60 km south of San Salvador on September 21, 2010. Members of a private company and a conservation NGO captured a turtle after nesting to place a GPS beacon on its shell to study the life patterns in the Pacific Ocean and the turtles' nesting habits in the coastal areas of El Salvador.

Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner (L) chats with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the family picture of the South America and the Caribbean Summit for Development and Integration in Sauipe, Brazil, on December 17, 2008. The gathering -- of 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations -- is to concentrate on regional integration and development, though deepening effects of the worldwide economic crisis were likely to dominate discussions. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) talks with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet as Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner (row, L) listens to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the familly picture of the South America and the Caribbean Summit for Development and Integration in Sauipe, Brazil, on December 17, 2008. The gathering -- of 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations -- is to concentrate on regional integration and development, though deepening effects of the worldwide economic crisis were likely to dominate discussions.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L), Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (C) and Prime Minister Francois Fillon arrive for a meeting with political leaders from the French Caribbean islands at the Elysee Palace in Paris February 19, 2009. France bowed to demands for wage increases in Guadeloupe today in the hope of ending a month-long strike that has plunged the French Caribbean island into rioting.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2ndR) and Prime Minister Francois Fillon (R) shake hands with political leaders from the French Caribbean islands before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris February 19, 2009. France bowed to demands for wage increases in Guadeloupe today in the hope of ending a month-long strike that has plunged the French Caribbean island into rioting.

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (L) and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) talk with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during the familly picture of the South America and the Caribbean Summit for Development and Integration in Sauipe, Brazil, on December 17, 2008. The gathering -- of 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations -- is to concentrate on regional integration and development, though deepening effects of the worldwide economic crisis were likely to dominate discussions. AFP PHOTO/Evaristo SA.

CARIBBEAN SEA - NOVEMBER 6: In this handout from the U.S. Navy, a Sea Knight helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron departs the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima on November 6, 2010 in the Caribbean Sea. The purpose of the mission is to conduct aerial damage assessments of Haiti after Hurricane Tomas made landfall. Iwo Jima is preparing to support the Government of Haiti, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti and the U.S. Agency for International Relief.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L), Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (C) and Prime Minister Francois Fillon arrive for a meeting with political leaders from the French Caribbean islands at the Elysee Palace in Paris February 19, 2009. France bowed to demands for wage increases in Guadeloupe today in the hope of ending a month-long strike that has plunged the French Caribbean island into rioting.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L), Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (C) and Prime Minister Francois Fillon arrive for a meeting with political leaders from the French Caribbean islands at the Elysee Palace in Paris February 19, 2009. France bowed to demands for wage increases in Guadeloupe today in the hope of ending a month-long strike that has plunged the French Caribbean island into rioting.

Political party billboards for the January 10, 2010 referendum on the status and constitutional changes in the French South American territory of Guiana and in the French Caribbean island of Martinique are displayed on January 7 in Cayenne, the capital of Guyana. The vote is whether the territories now under French national rule choose to adopt a reinforced status on autonomy.

A woman casts her ballot in the polling station of Remire Montjoly on the French South American territory of Guiana, on January 10, 2010, for the referendum on the status and constitutional changes in Martinique and the French South American territory of Guiana. Nearly 79 percent of voters on the Caribbean island of Martinique said no to more autonomy, while the result was almost 70 percent in Guiana, the tropical South American territory wedged between Brazil and Suriname.

(FromL) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva chats with Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez and Peru's President Alan Garcia as they gather for the group picture of the Sixth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union-Latin America and the Caribbean on May 18, 2010 in Madrid. European and Latin America heads of states will meet in Madrid from 17 to 19 May, 2010 during an EU-LAC summit organized during the Spanish rotating presidency of the EU.

Heads of government pose for the group picture of the Sixth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union-Latin America and the Caribbean on May 18, 2010 in Madrid. European and Latin America heads of states will meet in Madrid from 17 to 19 May, 2010 during an EU-LAC summit organized during the Spanish rotating presidency of the EU.

Soldiers help residents that were affected by the overflooding of the Ulua river, following the passage of Tropical Storm Matthew, in El Progreso, department of Yoro, 265 km north of Tegucigalpa, on September 26, 2010. At least 14 people were killed by flooding and landslides from heavy rain across the Caribbean basin, as Tropical Storm Matthew lashed water-logged Central America.

Residents are taken in a boat after being rescued by firefighters in the overflooded Ulua river, following the passage of Tropical Storm Matthew, in El Progreso, department of Yoro, 265 km north of Tegucigalpa, on September 26, 2010. At least 14 people were killed by flooding and landslides from heavy rain across the Caribbean basin, as Tropical Storm Matthew lashed water-logged Central America.

Two children cross a dameged bridge after the overflooding of the Ulua river, following the passage of Tropical Storm Matthew, in El Progreso, department of Yoro, 265 km north of Tegucigalpa, on September 26, 2010. At least 14 people were killed by flooding and landslides from heavy rain across the Caribbean basin, as Tropical Storm Matthew lashed water-logged Central America.

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (L) and his Foreign Minister Alejandro Hamed, attend the opening session of the Mercosur Summit, held with guests in the framework of the South America and the Caribbean Summit, in Sauipe, Brazil, on December 16, 2008. The Brazilian coastal resort od Costa do Sauipe is being the venue for three days of summits by Latin American leaders preoccupied with the economic crisis creeping across their region.

Scientists of the Terre-Ocean mission walk, on February 13, 2010, on the Devil's Island in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana, about 10 miles from Kourou. On the Devil's Island, the penitentiary known in France as the bagne de Cayenne, (French: Cayenne penal colony) was first opened by Emperor Napoleon III's government in 1852, and became one of the most infamous prisons in history. The horrors of the penal settlement became notorious with the publicity surrounding the plight of the Jewish French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been unjustly convicted of treason and sent there on 5 January 1895. The three masted exploration schooner 'La Boudeuse' left the harbour of Fecamp in Brittany last November for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre-Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to the Pacific Ocean.

Picture taken on February 12, 2010 from the Royal Island, the largest of the Islands of Salvation (OEles du Salut) in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana, about 10 miles from Kourou, shows the Devil's Island. On the Devil's Island, the penitentiary known in France as the bagne de Cayenne, (French: Cayenne penal colony) was first opened by Emperor Napoleon III's government in 1852, and became one of the most infamous prisons in history. The horrors of the penal settlement became notorious with the publicity surrounding the plight of the Jewish French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been unjustly convicted of treason and sent there on 5 January 1895. The three masted exploration schooner 'La Boudeuse' left the harbour of Fecamp in Brittany last November for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre-Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to the Pacific Ocean.

Scientists of the Terre-Ocean mission leave, on February 13, 2010, the Devil's Island in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana, about 10 miles from Kourou. On the Devil's Island, the penitentiary known in France as the bagne de Cayenne, (French: Cayenne penal colony) was first opened by Emperor Napoleon III's government in 1852, and became one of the most infamous prisons in history. The horrors of the penal settlement became notorious with the publicity surrounding the plight of the Jewish French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been unjustly convicted of treason and sent there on 5 January 1895. The three masted exploration schooner 'La Boudeuse' left the harbour of Fecamp in Brittany last November for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre-Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to the Pacific Ocean.

A picture taken on February 13, 2010, shows the house where was the cell of Jewish French army captain Alfred Dreyfus on Devil's Island in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana, about 10 miles from Kourou. On the Devil's Island, the penitentiary known in France as the bagne de Cayenne, (French: Cayenne penal colony) was first opened by Emperor Napoleon III's government in 1852, and became one of the most infamous prisons in history. The horrors of the penal settlement became notorious with the publicity surrounding the plight of Alfred Dreyfus, who had been unjustly convicted of treason and sent there on 5 January 1895. The three masted exploration schooner 'La Boudeuse' left the harbour of Fecamp in Brittany last November for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre-Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to the Pacific Ocean.

A picture taken on February 13, 2010, shows the Devil's Island in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana, about 10 miles from Kourou. On the Devil's Island, the penitentiary known in France as the bagne de Cayenne, (French: Cayenne penal colony) was first opened by Emperor Napoleon III's government in 1852, and became one of the most infamous prisons in history. The horrors of the penal settlement became notorious with the publicity surrounding the plight of the Jewish French army captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been unjustly convicted of treason and sent there on 5 January 1895. The three masted exploration schooner 'La Boudeuse' left the harbour of Fecamp in Brittany last November for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre-Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to the Pacific Ocean.

Curacao's new Prime Minister, Gerrit Schotte, speaks during the dissolution ceremony of the Dutch Caribbean federation known as the Netherlands Antilles in Willemstad on October 10, 2010. The Dutch Antilles will stop existing from Sunday when two of its islands become independent states in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and three become Dutch municipalities under a pact concluded last month.

The President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes (L) speaks during the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL) and the Internacional Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in San Salvador, on October 11, 2010.

Sophie Chavanel chief of communication for Croix-Rouge Haitienne (Haitian Red Cross) speaks to the media on November 1, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, regarding the alert of Tropical Storm Tomas which is expected to gain strenghth in the Caribbean Sea. The United Nations ordered emergency food and shelter to parts of Haiti threatened by the storm, warning that up to 500,000 people could be affected by Tomas.

German veteran Holger Osieck, new coach of Australia's Socceroos, gestures during his first press conference in Sydney on September 17, 2010. Osieck, 61, who was Franz Beckenbauer's assistant when Germany won the 1990 World Cup and coached Canada to the 2000 Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) title, ousted a host of better known candidates to head Asia's top-ranked team.

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA - APRIL 16: Usain Bolt tees up a golf ball as he prepares to drive it into the Caribbean Sea during the quarterfinal matches of The Mojo 6 Jamaica LPGA Invitational at Cinnamon Hill Golf Course on April 16, 2010 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Family members of a cholera victim asisst in taking him to the Hopital de l'Universite d'Etat d'Haiti in Port-au-Prince on November 9, 2010. Haitian officials confirmed the first death from cholera in the ruined capital as the number of sick surged amid fears the outbreak will spread to the city's teeming refugee camps. One person was said to have died in the sprawling Cite Soleil slum, badly hit in the January earthquake which left 1.3 million people homeless in the impoverished Caribbean nation of some 10 million people. For the moment there has been no large scale outbreak of the disease in the capital, but 'it's coming,' warned health ministry chief of staff Ariel Henry.

Nurses help a cholera victim into the Hopital de l'Universite d'Etat d'Haiti in Port-au-Prince on November 9, 2010. Haitian officials confirmed the first death from cholera in the ruined capital as the number of sick surged amid fears the outbreak will spread to the city's teeming refugee camps. One person was said to have died in the sprawling Cite Soleil slum, badly hit in the January earthquake which left 1.3 million people homeless in the impoverished Caribbean nation of some 10 million people. For the moment there has been no large scale outbreak of the disease in the capital, but 'it's coming,' warned health ministry chief of staff Ariel Henry.

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon gives a press conference during the V Summit of Heads of State and Government Latin America, Caribbean and the European Union (LAC-EU) in Lima on May 16, 2008. Leaders from 50 nations converged on Lima for the high-level summit to discuss the recent spike in world food prices, poverty and climate change.

Haitians police guard a demonstration on December 2 ,2010 in Port-au-Prince. With the impoverished Caribbean nation in limbo, several hundred opposition demonstrators peacefully took to the streets seeking annulment of the election that determines the successor to Rene Preval. Twelve of the 18 contenders rejected the November 28 election shortly after polls closed.

Tourists visit the Pre-Columbian Mayan site of Tulum, built on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on December 3, 2010. This coastal archaeological site is one of the most well-preserved of the Mayan civilization.

Tourists visit the Pre-Columbian Mayan site of Tulum, built on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on December 3, 2010. This coastal archaeological site is one of the most well-preserved of the Mayan civilization.

Tourists visit the Pre-Columbian Mayan site of Tulum, built on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on December 3, 2010. This coastal archaeological site is one of the most well-preserved of the Mayan civilization.

Picture of The Castle, the main temple at the Pre-Columbian Mayan site of Tulum, built on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, taken on December 3, 2010. This coastal archaeological site is one of the most well-preserved of the Mayan civilization.