Since the 1971 Act successive British governments have passed more than a dozen nationality and immigration laws. ibid.
Escobar is wanted by American authorities for his alleged role in smuggling thousands of tons of cocaine into the United States. Dope s1e1: In This Business You Have No Friends Only Enemies, news, Netflix 2018
Pablo Escobar was the first to use the Caribbean to traffic cocaine into the USA. Now with US demand for cocaine soaring, trafficking through the Caribbean is exploding once again. ibid. captions
The amount of cocaine seized by customs in Florida rose by 61% in 2016. ibid.
In 2016 smugglers shipped up to 120 tons of cocaine into the Dominican Republic. ibid.
A kilo of cocaine in the Dominican Republic: $10,000. ibid.
In 2016 AMO seized 37,627 lbs of cocaine in Puerto Rico and surrounding waters. ibid.
Puerto Rico has been used as a stepping stone for cocaine headed to the US mainland for decades. ibid.
The waters off a tiny Caribbean island called Bimini cover a long stone structure that scientists have yet to explain. The stones appear to be so carefully placed, some people have concluded they are either a road or a wall. Perhaps even a remnant of Atlantis. In Search of s4e22 … The Bimini Wall, 1980
The Caribbean: the Atlantic’s sun-drenched paradise. Its warm shallow waters offer shelter and plenty of food. The perfect place for this two year old Atlantic spotted dolphin to grow up. The seas around him are bursting with life. Its the richest corner of the Atlantic. Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth III: From Heaven to Hell, BBC 2017
The British didn’t introduce slavery to the Caribbean but they took to it with enthusiasm ... The plantations devoured slaves ... Each estate was its own little tyranny. Jeremy Paxman, Empire IV: Making a Fortune, BBC 2012
Could the island paradise of Turks & Caicos hold the answers to a long-standing Nazi mystery? Can a team of divers follow clues left by famous treasure seekers Roger Miklos to hunt and find a Nazi U’Boat? A submarine he believes is full of gold and other priceless treasures? History’s Greatest Mysteries s2e2: Hunting Hitler’s U-Boats, History 2021
In 2008 a Texan tycoon landed his helicopter on the hallowed turf of Lord’s, the spiritual home of cricket. He came with a proposition – a showdown between England and his own Caribbean team at his personal ground in Antigua. He was offering one of the greatest cash prizes ever for a team sport. $20 million. But nobody knew where Sir Allen Stanford’s money really came from. The Man Who Bought Cricket I: Lord’s, captions, Sky Documentaries 2022
In 2008, the biggest and most lucrative tournament in the world was the Indian Premier League, or IPL. ibid.
Just as Sir Allen was flaunting his wealth at Lord’s, US authorities were starting to question how he’d made his billions. ibid.
Cricket was starting to fail in the Caribbean. Financially bereft. And the soul had gone from West Indies’ cricket. ibid. Jonathan Agnew
Sir Allen’s first multi-million-dollar investment in cricket was a Caribbean tournament called the Stanford 20/20. ibid. caption
He had a lot of money to throw around. And that was raising red flags. Where was this money coming from? ibid. Vanessa Walther, FBI special agent
The money laundering allegations continued to swirl around Stanford for a long time. But at the same time he starts selling Certificates of Deposit. ibid. Laurel Calkins, business journalist
Stanford appealed to customers by offering a CD that promised to pay 2% more in interest than rival banks. ibid.
After four years on Montserrat, Allen relocated his bank to the larger Caribbean island of Antigua. ibid.
Stanford International Bank: 2008 it’s $7.6 billion in deposits. ibid.
There was always the sense that this felt weird. The Man Who Bought Cricket II: ‘You’ve Sold Your Soul, Lads’, Stuart Broad
As the England cricket team prepare for Stanford’s tournament, both the FBI & SEC are investigating his businesses. ibid.
He got a bit friendly with the players’ wives and girlfriends. ‘Turning into an ego-fuelled farce’ says the Mail. ibid. Sky News
Stanford like most con artists realised you needed to dress up the fraud. You needed to really make it big and sound established. ibid. Gregg Costa, prosecutor US vs Robert Allen Stanford
The realisation really dawned on them that this was ugly. Because you’ve sold your soul, lads. ibid. Jonathan Agnew
But as the game approaches, a criminal investigation into his financial empire is coming to a head. The Man Who Bought Cricket III: Is It Fun Being a Billionaire? caption
As the world faced financial meltdown, Allen Stanford was about the spend $20 million on one game of cricket. ibid.
Shortly after Madoff was arrested, the SEC issued court orders requesting interviews with Standford executives. ibid.
Everyone knew but me that there was trouble on the horizon. ibid. chief investment officer Laura
Following Jim Davis’ testimony, the FBI had enough evidence to file criminal charges. Allen Stanford was finally arrested on 18 June 2009. ibid. caption
For billionaire Allen Stanford has been sentenced to – listen to this – 110 years in prison; it follows his conviction on 13 charges including fraud and conspiracy. ibid. news
Cuba is the biggest island in the Caribbean. It spans 760 miles from east to west … Cuba’s climate is hot and tropical. The Cuba Libre Story s1e1: Breaking Chains, Netflix 2016
Cuba is the Caribbean’s most precious natural jewel. Forests still blanket large parts of the island. Her blue waters hide some of the richest coral reefs to be found anywhere. And while many of the wild lands and seas of the Caribbean are in trouble, Cuba’s extraordinary history has created a true wildlife wonderland. Fully half of Cuba’s animals and plants are found nowhere else. From their very own crocodiles and snakes to the smallest birds and frogs on the planets. Natural World: Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey, Colin Clifford-Johnson reporting, BBC 2020
You’ll often hear them before you see them … That is the very smallest bird in the world: it’s the bee hummingbird that’s only found in Cuba. And what a wonderful little creature it is. I cannot believe how tiny it is: it’s almost insect-like. It’s almost hard to believe it’s a bird. Cuba has been a real cradle of evolution, so many species have evolved here … The smallest bird in the world lays the smallest egg. ibid.
150 kilometres of islands, coral reefs and mangrove swamps form one of the greatest barrier reef systems on Earth. Travel beneath the surface here and you travel back in time to when the Earth’s seas were pristine … Coral reefs pulsate with life. ibid.
Columbus and his lessers describes them as a very benign people, very gentle, how friendly they were. And how open and trustworthy. And they didn’t appear to have any weapons, any methods of defence. So they were ideal people to enslave. European man brought with him disease, which was to wipe out many people this side of the world. ibid.
Today nearly twelve million human beings live on Cuba, over two million in the capital Havana. Founded in 1519, Havana’s old city transports you back in time. Barely 100 kilometres from Florida, Havana could be on a different planet from its north American neighbour. ibid.
There’s a very nice pace of life here. Today’s Cuban people are a ibid.
Spend a night in Havana and you might see flashes of movement under the streetlights: African geckos. A long way from Ghana and Liberia, this tropical house gecko stalks Havana’s streets. ibid.
Cuba’s unique animals and wild places transport me to another world. Natural World: Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey II
Every July this is where green turtles come to lay her eggs. Females that come to this beach would have been born here twenty years or so. ibid.
Cuba is woodpecker heaven … It’s the woodpeckers that make the holes for all the other birds. ibid.
The little frog … They really live in a land of giants … They’re really endangered now … That big forest where they evolved hardly exists any more. ibid.
I was born here in Dudley in the West Midlands. And I grew up here in Douglas Road. I’ve got so many brilliant memories of growing up in a very very Caribbean household. Everything we did was Jamaican – the way we talked, the way we ate, the music we played. Lenny Henry’s Caribbean Culture I, BBC 2022
We Hintigrated and we Escalated. These little islands suddenly to create this immense cultural output – all this music, all this culture, all this art, all this creativity, it’s an extraordinary achievement. ibid.
Shameful Episode in Notting Hill. ibid. Pathé news 1958
Predictably, the mainstream turned its nose up at Caribbean art. ibid.
Afros were out, dreadlocks were in. Reggae was now the dominant force in Jamaican music.
Britain got to see West Indians party at the cricket. ibid.
Three of a Kind came just at the right time for me … Being part of a sketch show meant I had to learn fast.
The success of reggae and punk meant that we had bands like Madness, The Specials, The Beat, Selector, all mixed tracks. ibid. Dr Mykaell Riley
At one point UB40 was the best-selling reggae artist around the world. ibid. dude