BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Long before Guatemala and El Salvador agreed to deploy military forces to join the international armed mission to help Haiti’s beleaguered security forces fight terrorizing gangs, Jamaica raised its hand. The country,…
BRIDGETOWN (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said he would request that the United Nations assumes funding for the structural and logistical expenses of a multinational force in Haiti that is struggling to fight violent gangs. Guterres…
BRIDGETOWN — Barbados has reversed its decision to send troops to Haiti, citing escalating security concerns and a lack of global strategic planning. Minister of Foreign Affairs Kerrie Symmonds announced Saturday that Barbados would now…
MIAMI — At a Caribbean anti-corruption conference in the Cayman Islands in March last year, politicians and activists called on regional leaders to create a culture of integrity and transparency with zero tolerance for offenders.…
BRIDGETOWN – When large swathes of invasive seaweed started washing up on Caribbean beaches in 2011, local residents were perplexed. Soon, mounds of unsightly sargassum – carried by currents from the Sargasso Sea and linked…
BRIDGETOWN — The Inter-American Development Bank today announced the launch of a regional security alliance against crime that brings together 16 governments across Latin America and the Caribbean as well as several international finance institutions.…
BRIDGETOWN — Debt swaps are becoming a more widely used tool to help indebted countries raise money for conservation or climate-related projects. Under a swap, a country buys back more expensive debt and replaces it…
BRIDGETOWN — Barbados has completed what it calls the world’s first ‘debt-for-climate resilience’ swap which will see it invest $165 million in water infrastructure, food security and environmental protection to help the Caribbean island adapt…
LONDON — Discussions on reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism are gaining momentum, with Caribbean and African nations calling on former colonial powers to engage on the issue. From the 15th to the 19th century, at least…
Multiple deaths have been reported in Carriacou, Petite Martinique, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, officials on those islands said Tuesday as Hurricane Beryl continues to pummel the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm. Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon…