TRAVEL Looking for a mix of French flair and Caribbean cool? Here’s where you’ll find it. By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright Globe Correspondent, Updated December 13, 2024, 8:00 a.m.

In the second half of the 17th century, French colonists started importing enslaved Africans to work on sugar plantations across most of Guadeloupe's islands. Slavery wasn't abolished until 1848.

Among the big luxury conglomerates, Luu became the first Caribbean brand to sell her products in the French-Caribbean country that has been ranked as one of the most expensive travel destinations. St.

Comparing one Caribbean island to another is a fool’s journey. It often reduces these uniquely diverse lands to its beaches, foreign-owned hotels, and tourist attractions. Martinique, however, is one ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The government of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has ordered a curfew, a day after a strike by workers left 370,000 people in darkness for nearly 24 hours.

The countdown is underway for the 2024 New York Carnival — the annual five-day Brooklyn festival of Caribbean music, cuisine and culture coming Aug. 29 through Sept. 2 (Labor Day Monday) — and ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The government of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has ordered a curfew, a day after a strike by workers left 370,000 people in darkness for nearly 24 hours.