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Fishers released the shark after it was photographed. Photo: Garvin Watson and Parismina Domus Dei. Parismina Limón Bar, Costa Rica

First of its kind bright orange shark caught and released on Costa Rican coast

Fishers caught a bright orange shark off Costa Rica that had albinism, alongside the species' first scientifically documented case of an extremely rare condition called xanthism

The US Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser docks at the Frigate Captain Noel Antonio Rodriguez Justavino Naval Base near the entrance to the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama, August 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Enea Lebrun

US builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts ask why

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Magnitude 7.6 quake shakes Caribbean, tsunami advisory issued

Workers clean the beach after an oil spill, in Boca de Aroa, Venezuela August 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Juan Carlos Hernandez

Oil spill reported off Venezuela's Caribbean coast

President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader speaks after he assumed his second four-year term in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, August 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Fran Afonso

Dominican Republic's Abinader vows economic growth, social reforms in second term

The "pirate" party boat The Pearl is stuck on rocks after Hurricane Beryl passed in Gros Islet, St. Lucia July 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Jarmal Mc lennon

3 dead after Hurricane Beryl hits eastern Caribbean islands

Waves crash into a sea wall after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago July 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Andrea De Silva

Hurricane Beryl 'extremely dangerous' as it gains strength in Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl, June 30, 2024. Photo: NOAA/Handout REUTERS

Beryl, earliest Category 4 hurricane on record, hurtles towards Caribbean

Britain's Queen Elizabeth sits next to Prince Charles during the State Opening of Parliament in central London, Britain June 21, 2017. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Charles' succession stirs Caribbean calls for reparations, removal of monarch as head of state

FILE PHOTO: Ash and smoke billow as the La Soufriere volcano erupts in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Robertson S. Henry/File Photo

St Vincent's Caribbean residents wake to ash-covered streets, rumbling volcano

Ash and smoke billow as the La Soufriere volcano erupts in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Robertson S. Henry

Volcano erupts in southern Caribbean, sparking evacuation 'frenzy'

ALEJO MANUEL AVILA/ZUMAPRESS/NEWSCOM via IMF Blog

Latin America and Caribbean’s winding road to recovery

PHOTO: ELIANADULINS/ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES VIA IMF BLOG

Pandemic persistence clouds Latin America and Caribbean recovery