Picture yourself waking up to turquoise waters, your morning coffee costing less than a bottle of water back home. Sounds like a dream that comes with a hefty price tag, right? Here's the surprising ...

A recent report from the US indicates that in 39 of the 50 states, the number of retirees who can expect to outlive their financial assets is 59% or above. Thus the favourite retirement hotspots of ...

If the Windward Islands of the Caribbean were a jeweled necklace, consider St Lucia to be one of the especially big sparkly ones, right in the middle. Sitting snugly between the French colony of ...

“Caribbean means being a part of one of the most interesting, though unintended, social experiments in the world”, says Geoffrey Philp who lives in Miami. “Within this archipelago, we have people from ...

I made the transition from Co Wexford-living to Caribbean-living at the end of September 2022, but somehow the move doesn’t feel that drastic. With a population of just under 300,000, Barbados doesn’t ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

If I had to stay landlocked for the rest of my life, I'm not sure if I could be happy. I grew up in the Caribbean with a grandfather who adored the sea and who named his boat after me. Grandpa Javier ...

The Caribbean stands at the crossroads of world history, yet most people only see it as a vacation destination with beaches ...