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…
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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…
Pollyanna Project Opens Lasting Doors to Village African Village
July 21, 2026 When Pastor Francis Contech first connected with Jamaican-born philanthropist Donna More Stewart several years ago, he did not ask for money or material assistance. Instead, he sought…
James Finies Calls for Inclusion as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Development at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum
July 21, 2026 James Finies, participated in the official High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) side event, “From Doha to Action: Accelerating the 2030 Agenda through Collaborative Approaches to Spillovers, Multidimensional Poverty…
Capsizing of the MV Barima in Guyana
July 21, 2026 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened by the capsizing of the passenger ferry, MV Barima, off the Atlantic coast near the Pomeroon River. The Community continues…
Amnesty International cites “crimes against humanity,” in El Salvador
By: Staff Writer July 17, 2026 Amnesty International in a recently released report on human rights abuses in El Salvador said the country’s mass arbitrary detentions, the suspension of guarantees,…
10 die in horrific Bahamas Independence Day plane crash
By: Staff Writer July 14, 2026 A deadly plane crash in North Andros in The Bahamas last Friday has left 10 dead and a country mourning after the tragedy. Five…
Our moment in time on Reparations
By: Staff Writer July 14, 2026 Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA, vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, said on a CARICOM…
James Finies elected president of the COPPPAL Decolonization Committee
July 14, 2026 The Plenary of the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL) unanimously elected James Finies as the new President of the COPPPAL…