By: Staff Writer January 14, 2025 The United Nations Development Programme, in conjunction with International IDEA in Sweden, released a new report on constitutional government in the Commonwealth Caribbean, which…
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Maduro Inauguration to Consolidate Criminal Regime in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime January 13, 2025 After what appeared to be a stolen election, Nicolás Maduro today assumes another six-year mandate as Venezuela’s president. Heading a regime that regulates illegal…
Caribbean Delegates Call on UN to Condemn Violation of Its Charter by a Powerful Member-State
January 14, 2025 Venezuela has been able to survive hundreds of US sanctions and generate unprecedented economic change. Caribbean delegates attending the closing forum of a new international entity established…
Maduro to be officially sworn in Jan 10
By: Staff Writer January 10, 2025 Venezuela is set to inaugurate Nicolas Maduro today after winning 52 percent of the July 28, 2024 presidential elections that were marred in controversy…
Legendary Jamaican Jazz Maestro Hon. Dr. Monty Alexander Presents ‘A Living History: Jamaica To Jazz’ At Lincoln Center, NYC
January 10, 2025 Celebrated Jamaican-born, Grammy-nominated jazz virtuoso, Hon. Dr. Monty Alexander, CD, O.J., is set to usher in 2025 in spectacular fashion with a historic, career retrospective and musical…
Rowley calls quits on political career amid State of Emergency
By: Staff Writer January 7, 2024 Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Keith Rowley, is resigning from office before the end of August this year. Rowley, who had 45…
Mercosur Parliament Adopts Historic Resolution for Bonaire to be put back on UN list.
January 7, 2025 Parlasur, the Parliament of Mercosur, comprising elected representatives from South America’s The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is a political and economic bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,…
CARICOM SG says Region remains committed to long-term plan for peace and security ahead of Haiti’s Independence Anniversary
January 7, 2025 Ahead of Haiti’s Two Hundred and Twenty-First Anniversary of Independence on 1 January 2025, CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett has said that the Region remains committed to…
Trump’s deportation plan to Caribbean “rejected,” could face legal challenges
By: Staff Writer December 6, 2024 The incoming Trump administration is preparing a list of countries to which it may deport migrants when their home countries refuse to accept them,…
Bahamas Opposition hurls ceremonial mace out of window, dragged out of parliament
By: Staff Writer December 6, 2024 The Bahamian parliament was forced to suspend on Wednesday as it’s the Deputy Leader for the Opposition Party threw the ceremonial mace out of…
Winners in the CMP 2024 Poetry Contest announced
By: Staff Writer December 3, 2024 The winners of the Caribbean Magazine Plus (CMP) Poetry Contest, 2024 speak up on how they feel about placing in this year’s contest. Caleb…