Hacker News with Generative AI: Caribbean

One island, two worlds (Haiti vs. Dominican Republic) (economist.com)
A year of staggering violence in Haiti ended in the most brutal fashion. Over the course of five days in December, in a slum near the capital, Port-au-Prince, 207 people were killed by gangsters.

Haiti, Dominican Republic, Violence, Social Issues, Caribbean

55 points by marojejian 3 days ago | 79 comments

8.0-magnitude earthquake hits the Caribbean Sea (threads.net)

Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, Caribbean

8 points by pseudolus 53 days ago | 2 comments

Ernest Hemingway's brother established a floating republic in the Caribbean (smithsonianmag.com)

Ernest Hemingway, Literature, History, Caribbean

52 points by Thevet 273 days ago | 13 comments

'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake (bbc.com)

Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Climate Change, Caribbean, Homelessness

27 points by llllllllew 274 days ago | 7 comments