CARIBBEAN

Andre Fowles of Miss Lily’s in NYC is in the Munchies Test Kitchen making an ideal Jamaican breakfast: ackee and saltfish, paired steamed callaloo, crispy Johnnycakes, and fried plantain.

J’ouvert is a pre-dawn street masquerade that marks the beginning of Caribbean Carnival but, in recent years, has become a subject of controversy.

We head to present-day Santiago de Cuba, where MANANA festival took place back in May, to see how dance music’s path through the decades has resulted in the scene’s most vibrant moment.

In den ökonomisch verheerenden frühen 90ern fanden DJs wie D’Joy de Cuba, Wichy de Vedado und DJ Jigüe Zuflucht in einer neuen Gemeinschaft aus Partys, Clubs und Klängen.

We delve into how a group of pioneering musicians in the early 1960s created an electroacoustic movement that coupled modern equipment with more traditional Cuban styles.

Haiti's National Assembly selected Jocelerme Privert as the country's interim president just a week after the departure of Michel Martelly.

Simon Ostrovsky reports from Haiti's capital to see who is in charge of the country, after President Michel Martelly stepped down without a clear successor.

VICE explores the trafficking hotspots of South America and Africa. Then, we look at the boom in one of the world's newest billion-dollar industries: gestational surrogacy.