From Rotting Seaweed to Fuel: Barbados Shows the Caribbean Another Way
Every year, the Caribbean spends money removing sargassum from its beaches while importing fuel to keep its economies running. Researchers…
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The Next El Dorado Mirage: From Guyana to the Dominican Republic
There is a dark, historic irony in the idea of a Dominican oil rush. When Christopher Columbus dropped anchor off…
Why Is Everyone OBSESSED with This Tree? | The Story of the FLAMBOYÁN
The flamboyán is not just a beautiful tree: it is one of the great protagonists of the Caribbean landscape—a symbol of freedom, Puerto Rican culture, Dominican identity, colonisation and art. It is a foreign tree that became so deeply rooted here that…
Sugar, Spies and the Shah: The Forgotten Connection Between the Dominican Republic and Iran
October 1958. In a small private room in Tehran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, dines surrounded only by family and close friends. There is a single stranger at the table: a Dominican diplomat. According to his own report, he was the only…
The Mystery of Columbus’s Bones: Not Even Technology Can Silence Historical Cunning
Some stories can be sustained for centuries only by modern genetics and a generous dose of nationalist stubbornness. The saga of Christopher Columbus’s remains is one of them. In October 2024, forensic geneticist José Antonio Lorente of the University of Granada…
The illusion of buried treasure: The botija myth in Dominican DNA
There is something deeply fascinating about our people’s ability to turn financial hardship into a living mythology. If you examine the famous legend of the “botijas” closely—those supposed treasures buried by grandparents in the yard behind the house—you realise that it is nothing more than the Caribbean version of the search for El Dorado. It is a narrative adapted to a country that, for generations, distrusted its governments and the volatility of the local currency more than the very ground beneath its feet…
THE WHITE SAND IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS: FISH POOP! | The curious origin of Bahía de las Águilas’ sand
Why is Caribbean sand so white? The surprising truth: much of it is fish poop. Have you ever wondered why the sand on Caribbean beaches such as Bahía de las Águilas, in the Dominican Republic, is so incredibly white…
From the Jungle to Pain: The Hidden Journey of the Coca Leaf
In the Andean highlands, holding a cup of this steaming infusion is simply a harmless remedy for altitude sickness, a tradition used for centuries. But there is an uncomfortable truth hovering over this small cup: from these same leaves…
Did Michael Jackson Really Get Married in La Vega? The Full Story No One Has Told You
On 26 May 1994, two of the biggest surnames in music history were joined in marriage in the Dominican Republic. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, married Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of…
Why Don’t Dominicans Play Soccer?
The story no one told you about baseball, soccer and the empires that decided your favourite sport. By Alec Corday | Kiskeya Life. On 19 July 2026, Spain defeated Argentina 1–0 in the 2026 World Cup final, played at the New Jersey stadium,…