By: InsightCrime February 7, 2023 Haiti’s Acting Prime Minister landed in the capital after a foreign trip to be greeted by police rioting, diminishing political credibility, ever-stronger gangs, and no…
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IN CELEBRATION OF BOB MARLEY’S 78TH BIRTHDAY, THE MARLEY FAMILY TUFF GONG AND UME RELEASE BOB MARLEY LIMITED-EDITION VINYL SERIES PRESSED AT TUFF GONG INTERNATIONAL IN JAMAICA – AVAILABLE MARCH 24
February 7, 2023 The Marley Family, Tuff Gong, and UMe commemorate Bob Marley’s 78th birthday by honoring his life and musical heritage by announcing twelve limited-edition Bob Marley vinyl L.P.s, each numbered and pressed exclusively at…
This Island Empress is fighting her way to the top of the fashion world!
By: Staff Writer February 3, 2023 How does a young woman born in St Lucia find her way to Paris by way of London? She made the most of her…
Upcoming Guatemala elections are already controversial
By: Staff Writer February 3, 2023 The Guatemalan elections will be held on June 25, 2023 to elect the president and vice president, all 160 seats of the Congress, all…
OAS Deploys Electoral Cooperation Technical Team to Guatemala
February 3, 2023 Responding to a request from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), through the Department for Electoral…
New model of policing needed for Caribbean!
By: Staff Writer January 31, 2023 A former Deputy Commissioner of Police of Barbados, turned author, says that the proliferation of guns and drugs brought about by the illicit drug…
GORDON ROHLEHR, has died.
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 31, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com The Caribbean has lost another great son, Professor Emeritus Gordon Rohlehr, who died at the age of 80. His profound grasp and explanation…
Jamaica Seizing Ever-Larger Cocaine Shipments from Colombia
By: Gavin Voss, Insight Crime January 31, 2023 An increase in the size of cocaine seizures in Jamaica suggests that the island is playing a stronger role in international drug…
Otoniel Pleads Guilty: Farewell to Colombia’s Last Kingpin
By: Insight Crime January 31, 2023 Otoniel, the fallen head of the Urabeños crime syndicate, has pleaded guilty to a raft of crimes in New York. His trial marks the…
Caribbean Nations Call for US Gun Crackdown as Murder Rates Soar
By: Gavin Voss, Insight Crime January 31, 2023 As American-made guns continue to be Caribbean gangs’ primary source of weapons, heads of government are demanding that the US do more…
CARICOM Statement on Haiti Violence
January 31, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned that the contrasting incidents involving the Haitian national Police indicate the severity of the challenges that the police face as…
FAO: Food security has “worsened” in the LAC
By: Staff Writer January 27, 2023 The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), in their latest “Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2022,”said that hunger, food insecurity, child overweight and…