PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad Bissessar, says while there has been progress across Latin America and the Caribbean(LAC) with regards to human development, “the pattern is clear, we have made progress, but it remains fragile”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat says that four member countries – Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines – are on track to implement the free movement among themselves from October 1, this year.

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 Thursday said that last week’s deadly attack in the commune of Cabaret, in the West Department, has forced thousands of people to flee their home in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  country.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has allocated nine million US dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) amid worsening violence and displacement in Haiti.

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.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - A senior official at the Trinidad-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) says intelligence networks available to regional governments and their agencies are underutilised.

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.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Armstrong Alexis, says he does not believe that the objectives of the regional integration movement are dead, but acknowledged that “we have to face the reality “ of the changing regional and global environment.

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.