By: Staff Writer July 31, 2026 The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) in a new report documents that 221 people were killed in Caribbean waters since September, 2025 when…
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Barima Boat Captain and crew test positive for narcotics
By: Staff Writer July 31, 2026 The MV Barima’s captain and first engineer have both tested positive for narcotics after their arrest and charged with murder. The captain and engineer…
Caribbean CBI Passports Face Schengen Reckoning
July 31, 2026 The countdown has begun for five Eastern Caribbean citizenship-by-investment programs. In letters dated June 25, 2026, the European Commission asked Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts…
Repair Campaign Senior Advisor Dr. Ralph Gonsalves to Shape Reparatory Justice Agenda Through New Global Council
July 31, 2026 The Government of the Republic of Ghana has invited the Repair Campaign’s Senior Advisor/Elder, the Honourable Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves, to serve as a member of the…
Ortega to be president for life in Nicaragua
By: Staff Writer July 28, 2026 Nicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega, has moved to cancel elections in the central American country in a bid to extend his 20-year rule. Ortega said…
CDB and Government of Belize Unlock Greater Educational Opportunities Through New Primary Schools
July 28, 2026 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB/the Bank) and the Government of Belize have marked major milestones in education development in Orange Walk District, with groundbreaking ceremonies for two new schools and the…
STATEMENT from the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group on the Transmission of the Electoral Calendar
July 28, 2026 The Eminent Persons Group (EPG) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the publication of the electoral calendar by the Haitian Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). This critical step…
T&T faces sanctions from US for forced labour
By: Staff Writer July 24, 2026 The United States Trade Representative (USTR) takes action in Forced Labour Section 301 investigations and sanctions Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras…
James Finies Public Question to Bonaire’s Lieutenant Governor Soliano: Does Your Duty Lie with The Hague or with the Human Rights of the People of Bonaire?
July 24, 2026 James Finies, founder of the Bonaire Human Rights Organization and leader of Partido Pueblo Progresivo, has issued an objection letter to Bonaire’s Lieutenant Governor, Mr. John Soliano,…
Another UN Defeat for the Netherlands: ECOSOC Reaffirms Support for Non-Self-Governing Territories
July 24, 2026 James Finies and Davika Bissessar Shaw of the Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO) attended the opening day of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) July…
Antigua and Barbuda on US entry ban list
By: Staff Writer July 21, 2026 A US Congresswoman wants to ban individuals from predominantly black countries including five from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). South Carilona Congresswoman Nancy…
Steady improvement in food security in LAC says UN
By: Staff Writer July 21, 2026 The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) report, released by the United Nations, said that global hunger declined…