By: Staff Writer February 14, 2023 Officials on the French side of Saint-Martin are seeking ways to battle the invasive of green “vervet” monkeys, weeks after the Dutch Sint Maarten…
Category: NEWS AND POLITICS
Is Nayib Bukele’s ‘Iron Fist’ in El Salvador Working?
By: InsightCrime February 14, 2023 After the influential and well-sourced publication El Faro declared that El Salvador’s controversial President Nayib Bukele had “disarticulate(d)” the country’s gangs, is it time to…
CARICOM GEARS UP FOR 44TH CARICOM HEADS OF CONFERENCE
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com February 10, 2023 The Forty-Fourth (44th) Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) takes place in Nassau, Bahamas, from the…
The PJ Patterson Institute for Advocacy seeing importance in trading with Africa!
By: Staff Writer February 10, 2023 A former Prime Minister of Jamaica is high on facilitating trade with Africa and is more than willing to use his eponymous institute to…
InSight Crime’s 2022 Homicide Round-Up
By: PETER APPLEBY, CHRIS DALBY, SEAN DOHERTY, SCOTT MISTLER-FERGUSON, AND HENRY SHULDINER for InsightCrime February 10, 2023 Countries across Latin America and the Caribbean continued to experience high murder rates…
Statement of the OAS General Secretariat on the Arrival of 222 Nicaraguan Political Prisoners in the United States
February 10, 2023 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) today welcomes the arrival in the United States as refugees of 222 former Nicaraguan political prisoners. Their…
‘Much to be proud of’ – CARICOM SG on Grenada’s 49th Independence anniversary
February 10, 2023 CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has extended “heartfelt congratulations” to the government and people of Grenada on the occasion of the country’s 49th Independence anniversary. In her…
Haiti Gangs Embrace Political and Police Chaos
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…
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…