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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Cancun and the government of the state of Quintana Roo continue to make progress increasing Internet access for travelers.

In the last two years, officials have added 17 Wi-Fi and three access point modules in the area, with a simple premise: more internet means more free publicity from travelers sharing the travels with their own social networks.

“Being connected to the Internet at any time and anywhere, from any mobile device, is a must for travelers — and a way to spread and promote the natural beauty of the Mexican Caribbean,” the government of Quintana Roo said in a statement.

That Wi-Fi expansion has covered both the tourism hub of Cancun and other locations including Tulum, Isla Mujeres, Isla Holbox and others.

It’s a push that we hope spreads across the Caribbean — as it has in other destinations like Curacao, which several years ago added free Wi-Fi across downtown Willemstad — and Antigua, which recently launched free Wi-Fi in its cruise port.

— CJ

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

There’s a mystical quality to Diamant Beach in Martinique, a raw, rugged feeling, an exotic sensation.

Here on the southern coast of the French Caribbean island is a beach on the edge, in view of the famous Diamond Rock, a beach that seems to feel like its own island entirely.

It’s home to one of the hottest beach towns in the Caribbean — but when you walk through to the gleaming volcanic sand, everything else seems to vanish.

It’s just you and the waves, sitting under the palms, enjoying the perfect beach moment in Martinique.

— CJ

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By Caribbean News Now contributor BASSETERRE, St Kitts — Following a statement last month by the leader of the opposition, former prime minister Dr Denzil Douglas, to the effect that he will revoke the citizenship of any applicant who is found to been illegally granted St Kitts and Nevis citizenship by investment (CBI), a spokesperson […]

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana — On December 21, 2018, the 65 members of Guyana’s parliament gathered to vote on a no-confidence motion brought by the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) against the governing coalition party, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). With a “yes” vote by Charandass Persaud, a parliamentarian with the Alliance for Change (AFC), one […]

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