He is from another era of current affairs television and tonight (Friday afternoon NZ time) that era will end.

Despite its political and economic isolation, Aaron Smale finds Cuba a nation with joyful music hard-wired into the souls of its people.

Sun, sex and sand - is there anything that encapsulates them as well as rum? While rum is made around the world - even in countries notably bereft of sugar plantations such as Austria - it has become firmly linked to the Caribbean.

The disease has begun to infect residents of the capital's densely populated tent cities, where more than a million people are still living.

The world could run out of affordable chocolate within 20 years as farmers in West Africa abandon their crops, industry experts claim.

An AeroCaribbean airliner goes down near Havana, killing all 68 people on board.

A year after her nasty split from Chris Brown, singing superstar Rihanna not only has a new album out soon, but a promising movie career ahead. By Stephen Jewell.

Thousands of residents and visitors have been ordered to evacuate an island on the North Carolina coast, as Hurricane Earl swings towards mainland USA.

Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn has poured cold water on Wyclef Jean's bid for the Haitian presidency.

The Spanish Foreign Minister yesterday told his country's parliament that Cuba would soon release "all" political prisoners.

Two French junior government ministers resigned Sunday after scandals involving spending state money on a private jet and thousands of Euros worth of cigars - all while France is struggling to bring down its deficit.

Tight filming schedules won't stop Johnny Depp from watching World Cup matches during the shooting of the latest Pirates installment.

More than 30 killed as government steps up hunt for former ally Christopher Coke.

New research suggests the images of bared teeth which confronted early European visitors to the Caribbean were actually welcoming smiles.