HAVANA (Reuters) — Leaders of 11 Caribbean and Latin American countries agreed to work to outline measures seeking to tame inflation in the region, including better conditions for trade, according to a statement published by…
KINGSTON (Reuters) — Jamaica would be willing to take part in an international military deployment to Haiti, Prime Minister Andrew Holness told lawmakers on Tuesday, saying the Caribbean island country could also support its neighbor…
ROSEAU — A Dominica-flagged cargo ship sank in the besieged southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol after being targeted by Russian missile strikes, the vessel’s flag registry said. The Azburg was believed to have been…
CARACAS — The poorest will be the hardest hit across the Caribbean and Latin America by the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the region facing further inflationary pressure, a senior official at…
SAINT JOHN’S — The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated economies across the tourism-dependent Caribbean costing losses as high as 20 percent in some countries in just one year, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda and…
SANTIAGO, Chile — The Member States and Associate Countries of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee will meet virtually Friday in order to address the challenges posed by the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. The…
SANTIAGO — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has adjusted upwards its economic growth forecast for the region this year to 5.9 percent, as expectations improve for a global recovery following…
BARBADOS — A slew of leading Caribbean celebrities have adopted the new title of “Disaster Fighters” ahead of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which climate scientists forecast will be above normal. Top West Indian cricketers and…
Perhaps the most important aspect of the short statement issued in Washington after a first two-hour meeting last week between Antony Blinken, the new U.S. Secretary of State and his CARICOM counterparts was its emphasis…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet virtually today with 15 foreign ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), State Department spokesman Ned Price said. “They will discuss a number of issues affecting…