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TheCaribbean is a region in the middle of theAmericas centered around theCaribbean Sea in theNorth Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with theWest Indies. Bordered byNorth America to the north and also the west throughCentral America, andSouth America to the south, it comprises numerousislands, cays, islets, reefs, and banks.
It includes theLucayan Archipelago,Greater Antilles, andLesser Antilles of theWest Indies; theQuintana Rooislands andBelizeanislands of theYucatán Peninsula; and theBay Islands,Miskito Cays,Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina,Corn Islands, andSan Blas Islands of Central America. It also includes the coastal areas on thecontinental mainland of the Americas bordering the region from the Yucatán Peninsula in North America through Central America to theGuianas in South America. (Full article...)
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TheJamaica national football team representsJamaica in men's internationalfootball, which is governed by theJamaica Football Federation founded in 1910. It has been an affiliate member ofFIFA since 1962 and an affiliate member ofCONCACAF since 1963. Regionally, it is an affiliate member ofCFU in the Caribbean Zone.
Jamaica has qualified for theFIFA World Cup once (1998), achieving its first victory after defeatingJapan 2–1. (Full article...)
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San Juan (/ˌsænˈhwɑːn/sanWHAHN,Spanish:[saŋˈxwan]; Spanish for "Saint John") is thecapital city and most populousmunicipality inPuerto Rico, anunincorporated territory, andinsular area of theUnited States. San Juan was founded bySpanish colonists in 1521, who called itCiudad de Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port City").
Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, afterSanto Domingo, in theDominican Republic, founded in 1496, and is theoldest European-established city underUnited States sovereignty. Several historical buildings are located in the historic district ofOld San Juan; among the most notable are the city's formerdefensive walls,Fort San Felipe del Morro andFort San Cristóbal, andLa Fortaleza, the oldestexecutive mansion in continuous use in the Americas.These historic sites were declared aUNESCOWorld Heritage Site in 1983. (Full article...)
Cuban bread is awhite bread formed into long,baguette-like loaves. Though similar toFrench bread andItalian bread, it is slightly different in its preparation and ingredients, which include a small amount of fat in the form oflard orvegetable shortening. Cuban bread originated in the immigrant communities ofTampa, Florida, and it has become a staple ofCuban-American cuisine. It is the traditional base of aCuban sandwich. (Full article...)
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Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest, second-costliest, and most intensehurricane of the1954 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm killed at least 469 people inHaiti before it struck the United States near the border betweenNorth andSouth Carolina as aCategory 4 hurricane. After causing 95 fatalities in the US, Hazel struck Canada as anextratropical storm, which raised the death toll by 81 people, mostly inToronto. As a result of the high death toll and the damage caused by Hazel, its name wasretired from use forNorth Atlantic hurricanes.
In Haiti, Hazel destroyed 40 percent of the coffee trees and 50 percent of the cacao crop, which affected the economy for several years. The hurricane made landfall nearCalabash, North Carolina, and destroyed most waterfront dwellings. It then traveled north along theAtlantic coast. Hazel affectedVirginia;Washington, D.C.;West Virginia;Maryland;Delaware;New Jersey;Pennsylvania; andNew York. It brought gusts near 100 mph (160 km/h) and caused $281 million (1954USD) in damage. When it was over Pennsylvania, Hazel consolidated with a cold front and turned northwest towards Canada. When it hitOntario as an extratropical storm, rivers and streams in and around Toronto overflowed their banks, which caused severe flooding. As a result, many residential areas in the local floodplains, such as theRaymore Drive area, were subsequently converted to parkland. In Canada alone, overC$135 million (2025: C$1.6 billion) of damage was incurred. (Full article...)
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Cuban hip-hop is a genre of hip-hop.Hip-hop arrived inCuba via radio and TV broadcasts fromMiami. During the 1980s, hip hop culture in Cuba was mainly centered onbreakdancing. By the 1990s, with the collapse of theSoviet Union and the onset of theSpecial Period, young rappers, exposed to foreign tourists whose wealth highlighted their struggle, turned to rapping to affirm their heritage and advocate for further revolutionary reforms. (Full article...)
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