EDITORIAL: We thought the FARC was exterminated?
October 11, 2022 The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s Army, better known as the FARC for the casual international affairs reader, is back and in business in Colombia and Venezuela.…
AUDIO: Devotions led by Fr Kristophor Higgs
October 11, 2022 Devotions led by Fr. Kristophor Higgs, Assistant Curate for St. Barnabas Anglican Church, The Bahamas.
CARIBBEAN MAGAZINE PLUS POETRY CONTEST WINNERS SPEAK
The Caribbean Magazine Plus Poetry Contest award ceremony was held on October 8, 2022 on Faebook and was a huge success thanks to its parent company, Arawak Media. This year’s…
“False choice” between saving lives and saving the economy during COVID-19
By: Staff Writer October 11, 2022 An Inter-American Development Bank top official said there was a false choice between saving lives and the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there…
THE CARIBBEAN AND DIGITAL PAYMENTS: WILL CASH REMAIN QUEEN?
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com October 11, 2022 The movement toward a cashless society is being welcomed even among Caribbean consumers, with surveys showing 61 percent preferring online transactions or use…
Julia turns deadly, unleashes flooding rain in Central America
October 11, 2022 Officials in Central America blamed more than two dozen deaths on the storm’s hazardous impacts, which included devastating flooding and mudslides. The death toll from Hurricane Julia…
Venezuela, Colombia, and the ELN at the Crossroads of Peace
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 President Gustavo Petro has offered Colombia a tantalizing vision of “Total Peace:” a negotiated end to all the armed conflicts that have plagued the…
Venezuela and the ELN’s Love-Hate Relationship with Drug Trafficking
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 In the border area where northeast Colombia’s Catatumbo region meets the northwestern Venezuelan state of Zulia is one of the world’s most seamless cocaine…
Pablito’s Plan: Rise of the ELN in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 On the morning of October 7, 2009, prison guards in the west Colombian state of Arauca were tasked with a simple but terrifying task:…
Rebels and Paramilitaries: Colombia’s Guerrillas in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 For the last two years, Venezuelan states along the Colombian border have experienced firsthand the death and destruction of a war they had spent…
How Venezuela Became a Cemetery for the ex-FARC Mafia Leadership
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 On the night of May 4, 2022, an explosion cut through a guerrilla camp in the Venezuelan border state of Zulia. The bomb, placed…