by Makaia Morris | Jul 10, 2023
Home to, now, approximately forty-five million individuals, the Caribbean or better known as The West Indies, makes up 1,063,000 square miles of beautiful, tropical islands. The Caribbean sovereign states consist of thirteen countries that are located in the Caribbean...
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by Rebekah Santana | May 3, 2021
In the latter part of the 15th century, while sailing his second expedition, Christopher Columbus came across a small island—an island that long before 1492-1494 had been inhabited by the Taino population, and that at the time was called Boriquen. The Taino population...