By: Staff Writer February 16, 2024 A prominent Caribbean political strategist says Barbados Labour Party (BLP) defector Ralph Thorne is in a prime position to help a weak Democratic Labour…
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ECLAC Launched Digital Development Observatory to Contribute to Latin America and the Caribbean’s Digital Transformation
February 16, 2024 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) unveiled today its Digital Development Observatory (DDO), a new instrument that aims to produce, gather and analyze…
March FAO forum must deal frontally with Caribbean food security initiative
February 16, 2024 With the March 18-21 staging in Guyana of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) 38th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC38), the…
Tobago oil spill ship may be from Venezuela-Crew VANISHED!
By: Staff Writer February 13, 2024 Investigators and search teams are combing the site where the mystery ship that spilled hundreds of gallons of oil off of the coast of…
Bukele officially confirmed President in El Salvador
By: Staff Writer February 13, 2024 Nayib Bukele has officially been confirmed as President of El Salvador for his second consecutive term riding off of his popular gang crackdown. Some…
Revision of Bonaire’s WOLBES and FINBES – another Dutch colonial reform supported by Bonaire island council?
February 13, 2024 Because of BHRO – Bonaire Life Matters International awareness campaign, spanning from February 2022 to October 2023, has yielded significant impacts and results. These efforts have compelled…
Ricardo Méndez Ruiz and the Art of Lawfare in Guatemala
By: Insight Crime February 9, 2024 It was less than 12 hours after the new president of Guatemala had been sworn in that Ricardo Méndez Ruiz fired off his first challenge to the incoming…
ECTEL Appoints a New Managing Director
February 9, 2024 Wednesday, February 7, 2024 — Mr. David A. Cox is the newly appointed Managing Director of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL). His appointment took place on…
CDB Supporting Regional Food Security Thrust and Agri-Trade in Guyana
February 9, 2024 The Caribbean is one of the major food importers paying close to USD 6 billion for 80% of its food imports. While there is latent capacity within…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Political Situation in Colombia
February 9, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) demands that attempts by different political actors to damage the democratic process in Colombia be abandoned and…
Bukele returned as president of El Salvador
By: Staff Writer February 5, 2024 President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele handily won re-election despite not all of the votes being counted as yet. The self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator”,…
Can Guatemala’s New President Reignite Fight Against Corruption and Crime?
By: Insight Crime February 6, 2024 Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as president of Guatemala on January 15, but it was no ordinary inauguration. Arévalo, a rank outsider who shocked…