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U.S. Caribbean region (in Spanish: El Caribe estadounidense) is a term used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to refer to the waters belonging to the United States in the Caribbean Sea. [1]
The Caribbean (/ ˌ k ær ɪ ˈ b iː ən, k ə ˈ r ɪ b i ən / KARR-ib-EE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally / ˈ k ær ɪ b i æ n / KARR-ib-ee-an; [4] Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben), is a subregion in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies.
The Caribbean Sea. Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.
On October 25 1983 the United States invaded Grenada to remove left-wing leader Hudson Austin, who had deposed Maurice Bishop nine days earlier on October 16. Bishop was executed three days later on the 19th. [61] The United States maintains a naval military base in Cuba at Guantanamo Bay. The base is one of five unified commands whose "area of ...
Trinidad and Tobago–United States relations (7 C, 5 P) Pages in category "United States–Caribbean relations" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
Puerto Rico has the largest Jewish community in the Caribbean, at roughly 3,000, [268] and is the only Caribbean island where Conservative, Reform and Orthodox Jewish movements are all represented. [ 269 ] [ 270 ] The island's first synagogue , Sha'are Zedeck, was established in 1952 by American Jews .
The United States took possession of the islands on March 31, 1917, and the territory was renamed the Virgin Islands of the United States. [27] [29] Every year, Transfer Day is recognized as a holiday, to commemorate the acquisition of the islands by the United States. [30] Rear Admiral James H. Oliver was the first American governor of the ...
The Modern Caribbean. na: The University of North Carolina Press, 1989. Langley, Lester D. The United States and the Caribbean in the Twentieth Century. London: University of Georgia P, 1989. Maingot, Anthony P. The United States and the Caribbean: Challenges of an Asymmetrical Relationship. San Francisco: Westview P, 1994. Serbin, Andres.