By: Insight Crime May 14, 2024 Colombian President Gustavo Petro is being forced to confront the possibility that his flagship security policy, Total Peace (Paz Total), may only have partial…
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OAS Begins Electoral Observation Work ahead of Presidential and Congressional Elections in the Dominican Republic
May 14, 2024 The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the presidential, senatorial and provincial elections in the Dominican Republic began its work in the…
Caribbean Islands: Water Crisis a Growing Problem
May 14, 2024 On Tuesday, official sources stated that the Caribbean islands are currently experiencing a water crisis due to changing rainfall patterns and droughts, rapid urbanization, water-intensive tourism and…
Panama’s new right wing president will close down the Darien Gap
By: Staff Writer May 10, 2024 Panama has a new president, José Raúl Mulino, a rightwing former public security minister, who was declared the “unofficial” winner of Panama’s presidential election…
Caribbean Cannabis Forum inaugurated at Wadadli Festival
May 10, 2024 Senior Legal Officer in the Ministry of Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives, and Consumer Affairs, and Saint Lucia’s Regulated Substances Authority representative, Mr Dylan Norbert-Inglis, recently returned…
Caribbean Matters: Haiti’s unelected new leaders create more chaos
May 10, 2024 Haiti’s new unelected governing body, the Transitional Presidential Council, was sworn in on April 25. As Reuters notes, “[t]he transitional government’s mandate runs until February 2026, by…
FEMA hosts 2024 Caribbean Readiness Initiative in Puerto Rico
May 10, 2024 Leading Puerto Rico and FEMA officials met in Puerto Rico from April 29 to May 10 to participate of the 2024 Caribbean Readiness Initiative and strengthen preparedness…
Three more Caribbean countries eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission
May 10, 2024 In 2015, Cuba made history by becoming the first country in the world to achieve the dual elimination of HIV and syphilis. THREE MORE countries in the…
Caribbean Police Federation Convenes in SVG for Annual Meeting
May 10, 2024 The Police Welfare Association of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines proudly hosted the official opening of the 12th Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Federation of Police…
Caribbean Media Houses under attack- “It’s very serious!”
By: Staff Writer May 7, 2024 A senior Caribbean journalist said Caribbean media houses have suffered intense violence over the past three years including drive by shootings and arson. Dr…
Rashema Ingraham Appointed Caribbean Program Director for Bonefish & Tarpon Trust
May 7, 2024 Bahamian conservation leader Rashema Ingraham has been appointed as Caribbean Program Director for Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT), an international conservation organization active in The Bahamas, Florida, and…
“Caribbean Pan-African Network(CPAN) and Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO) Advocate for Recognizing present day Colonialism alongside Reparatory Justice in the Caribbean at UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in Geneva”
May 7, 2024 Recommendation Statement by CPAN and BHRO presented on April 20, 2024 in UN Geneva to the Third United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent: The…