By: Staff Writer August 22, 2023 Bernardo Arevalo, the left leaning anti-corruption outsider has won the Guatemalan presidential election over former first lady of Guatemala, Sandra Torres. Mr Arevalo’s agenda…
Category: NEWS AND POLITICS
China’s political footprint in LAC grows!
By: Staff Writer August 18, 2023 The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) authoritarian regime is fueling its penetration of the Latin American and Caribbean region, says the Council of the Americas…
Bonaire Human Rights Organization reaction to Dutch State-Secretary van Huffelen call to participate in internet-consultations
August 18, 2023 With regards to the Dutch government using “internetconsultatie” https://www.internetconsultatie.nl/wolbesfinbes/b1 to collect ideas from residents and organizations, including NGOs, about legislative proposals. That these so-called consultations would be…
Guatemala readies for testy presidential runoff
By: Staff Writer August 15, 2023 Guatemala’s anticipated presidential election runoff is heading into this coming Sunday’s election day with some controversy as one candidate’s campaign headquarters is raided by…
Media Entrepreneur Jael Joseph Debuts Kalinago Documentary at Caribbean Tales Film Festival
August 15, 2023 Known popularly in the Caribbean and Canadian landscape as a marketing guru, media personality and entrepreneur, Jael Joseph will soon be known by another moniker- director; as…
IMF and Honduras Reach Staff-Level Agreement on a Three-Year Extended Credit/Fund Facility Arrangement
August 15, 2023 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. Ricardo Llaudes, Mission Chief for Honduras, visited Tegucigalpa during June 5–16, 2023, [1] and held virtual discussions in the recent…
CARICOM Eminent Persons Group Recent Activities
August 15, 2023 At the end of their visit to Haiti on 12-15 July 2023 to facilitate inter-Haitian dialogue in the search for a solution to the political crisis, the…
CARICOM Celebrates Steelpan as a Caribbean Cultural Touchstone
August 15, 2023 The CARICOM Secretariat joins the world in celebrating steelpan on 11 August which has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as World Steelpan Day. We…
Bahamian MP resigns on sex assault rap: Out on $9k bail
By: Staff Writer August 11, 2023 A Bahamian legislator was forced to resign as a parliamentary secretary because of being formally charged in the courts for sexual assault. Kirk Cornish,…
Disgrace on Venezuelan migrants in COVID-hold in Trinidad!
By: Staff Writer August 11, 2023 A lawyer for one of the formerly detained Venezuelan migrants at the Chaguaramas Heliport says it is a “disgrace” that the Trinidadian government has…
Report of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, to the Permanent Council on the situation in the Republic of Guatemala
August 11, 2023 It is impossible to start today without referring to the murder of Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador and how the enemy of democracy is organized crime and drug…