BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Monday announced a “historic” commitment of an estimated US$2.5 billion in loans for the next three years to strengthen citizen security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) Wednesday said that the Caribbean’s risk landscape is not static and that disasters are becoming more frequent and more costly.

UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, Thursday said that state authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralyzing daily life and forcing families to flee”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it “notes with great interest and anticipation” the recent tabling of a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on further security assistance as requested by Haiti and recommended by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.

BRASILIA, Brazil - Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being represented at the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Thursday said Dominica remains committed to the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) position that the Caribbean should remain a “zone of peace” even as he  refused to comment on the position taken by his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla Persad Bissessar, on the matter based on the presence of United States military off the coast of  Venezuela.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne Sunday called on African and Caribbean leaders ”to stand hand in hand, not as victims of history but as architects of the future,” urging them to summon the will so as to  act together in reuniting “the Motherland and the Homeland in dignity”.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has welcomed the decision by two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that are part of a Standing Group of Partners to provide high level strategic direction  for any revamped force in Haiti.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - Four member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are from Tuesday participating in a World Bank-funded initiative promoting digital transformation across nine-member sub-regional grouping.

ALGIERS, Algeria — The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) opened here on Thursday, with St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr. Terrance Drew, saying that the low level of trade between Africa and the Caribbean is a point of optimism.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has praised the cultural, economic and regional contributions of Trinidad and Tobago, as the nation marks its sixty-third Anniversary of Independence today.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, Wednesday said the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping will have a “critical role” to play in the ongoing efforts to restore stability and security in Haiti.