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How Major Caribbean Gangs Fell
How Major Caribbean Gangs Fell: The Reckoning of Christopher "Dudus" Coke and the Trinidadian Underworld.
In this long-form documentary, we explore t…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Bahamas and Transshipment Crime
How the Bahamas became the billion-dollar bridge for the Medellin Cartel. Discover the gritty history of Caribbean transshipment crime.
In this long-…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Police Corruption and Public Silence
Police Corruption & Public Silence
The blue wall is built on the silence of the street.
In this episode of THE HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN, we go beyond…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Trinidad’s Underworld and State Blind Spots
In 1990, a televised coup attempt brought Trinidad and Tobago to its knees. But the smoke from the Red House was only the beginning. This episode of …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Haiti’s Armed Neighborhood Groups
The Evolution of the Streets: Haiti’s Neighborhood Groups
In this episode of THE HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN, we trace the complex and harrowing evoluti…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Drug Routes Through the Caribbean
TITLE: The White Gold Trap: How Drug Routes Fractured the Caribbean
In the nineteen seventies and eighties, the Caribbean was transformed from a trop…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Politics and Guns – When Parties Armed
Title: Politics and Guns – The Secret War That Changed Jamaica
In the 1970s and 80s, the sound of the Caribbean changed. It wasn’t just the bass of a…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Bahamas – Tourism, Crime, and Hidden Histories
Episode 469
This episode examines how the Bahamas was engineered to look like paradise and what that image concealed over time. From the rise of mass tourism in …
5 months, 1 week ago
Barbados – Stability Built on Enslavement
Episode 468
This episode examines how Barbados became one of the most stable societies in the Caribbean by perfecting systems of control during slavery and prese…
5 months, 1 week ago
Puerto Rico – Colony Without End
Episode 467
Puerto Rico – Colony Without End examines more than a century of unresolved power. Beginning with the transfer of the island in eighteen ninety eight…
5 months, 1 week ago