By: Staff Writer March 18, 2025 Several Caribbean countries have written to the US State Department asking for a clarification on yellow list travel bans due to hiring Cuban doctors.…
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Did El Salvador’s Gang Truce Lead to More Violence?
By: Insight Crime March 18, 2025 In the latest of a series of academic articles, two scholars add to mounting evidence that gang truces may provide a short-term reprieve from…
Better economic alternatives needed to stem drug trade in LAC
By: Staff Writer March 14, 2025 The International Crisis Group, conflict monitoring group, said that better policing and better economic alternatives are part solutions to stemming the violence from the…
UN Agency declares adolescent pregnancy prevention increases 40-fold returns depending on the country.
By: Staff Writer March 14, 2025 The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, said in a recent report that every dollar invested in…
ECLAC said there needs to be at least 14 weeks maternity leave
By: Staff Writer March 11, 2025 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in a new report said that for employment protection there needs to be at…
The Caribbean Sea accounts for up to 27% of the global ocean economy
By: Staff Writer March 11, 2025 The Inter-American Development Bank said in a new report that the Caribbean Sea, though covering less than one percent of the world’s ocean area,…
SpaceX debris lands in Bahamas again, Musk’s team pays visit to clean it up
By: Staff Writer March 11, 2025 Another failed SpaceX rocket has scattered debris all over The Bahamas as a search and recovery team lands in the country to assess the…
Belize general election on March 12: Who will win?
By: Staff Writer March 7, 2025 General elections in Belize is set to take place on March 12 with Belizeans set to either re-elect Prime Minister and leader of the…
World Bank Announces New Strategy for Haiti
March 7, 2025 The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors on Tuesday approved a new Strategic Partnership Framework for Haiti. Covering the period 2025-2029, the new plan aims to…
Bonaire Appeals to CARICOM for Support Against Re-Colonization
March 7, 2025 The Bonaire delegation engaged in bilateral meetings with CARICOM leaders on the margins of the 48th CARICOM Regular Meeting in Barbados to discuss the urgent and worsening…
Helping Leaders Navigate Grief In The Workplace
March 7, 2025 Survivors Unlimited, a Jamaican based grief support training organization, is set to host a workshop, “Grief in the Workplace: A Guide for Leaders,” on March 19, 2025.…
OAS to Deploy Electoral Observation Mission to Belize
March 7, 2025 The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, announced today the appointment of Maricarmen Plata, a member of his cabinet, as Chief of…