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CARICOM agrees to send aid to Cuba, form committee to reset US ties. Caribbean Community leaders have agreed to send humanitarian aid to Cuba and to establish a three-member committee to reframe relations with the United States, as they wrapped up their four-day summit in St Kitts and Nevis on Friday. At the closing news conference, CARICOM Chairman and St […More]

US Congressman threatens Jamaica after PM Holness calls for dialogue on Cuba. Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s appeal for collective Caribbean action on Cuba has prompted a pointed response from a U.S. lawmaker, who warned that Jamaica will “face the consequences.” Holness, speaking Tuesday at the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Basseterre, St. […More]

Former Caribbean leaders condemn US oil measures against Cuba. A group of former Caribbean leaders has called on the United States to rescind its oil embargo against Cuba, describing the move as “economic warfare” that is causing severe hardship for the Cuban people. In a statement released yesterday, the former heads of government said they were deeply concerned about what […More]

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs in major setback for president. The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump’s economic agenda, ruling that he does not have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs at the stroke of a pen. On Friday February 20, 2026, the court tossed the tariffs that are the centerpiece of his economic policy […More]

US to expand passport revocations for parents who owe child support, AP sources say. Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made, three US officials […More]

Jesse Jackson, civil-rights leader and Democratic presidential candidate, dies. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil-rights activist and Democratic political leader, has died. Jackson died in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a spokeswoman for his family confirmed. A gifted public speaker, Jackson was known for fiery rhetoric, often advocating for the interests of working people, especially minorities. In one […More]

CARICOM Heads of Government say they are closely monitoring developments in Haiti after the country’s Transitional Presidential Council stepped down at the end of its two-year tenure, handing governing responsibility to Prime Minister Didier Fils Aimé and the Council of Ministers. In a statement issued Tuesday from the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana, regional leaders said the new governing arrangement is […More]

Mia Mottley leads BLP to third parliamentary clean sweep in Barbados election. Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has made regional political history, becoming the second Caribbean leader to win every seat in a national Parliament on three separate occasions, as her Barbados Labor Party (BLP) secured another landslide victory in Wednesday’s general election. Mottley, 60, now joins former Grenada Prime […More]

After many months by Guyana’s government attempts to prevent Azruddin Mohamed from taking his rightful seat in parliament as the official opposition leader, they have failed. Azruddin Mohamed formally declared Leader of the Opposition. On Monday January 26th, 2026, Azruddin Mohamed of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) was declared Guyana’s new Leader of the Opposition following an election held among […More]

On Saturday January 17th, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley named Wednesday February 11, 2026, as the date for a general election in her country, the second occasion that she has called a snap election within at least one year remaining on her five-year term in office. Mottley led the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) to landslide 30-0 victories in both the […More]