BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Monday said the first economic policy for Caribbean countries hard hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) is to improve health conditions and “for that, we need to accelerate vaccination campaigns to bring the pandemic under control.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jamaica and Guyana are among four Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries slated to benefit from 1.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines recently donated by the United States, Canada, Germany and Spain.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceno says Belize intends to benefit from the Tren Maya project that connects the entire south and southwest of Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says regional countries have initiated the process to implement the Plan for Self-Sufficiency in Health Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, approved unanimously by the Heads of State and Government of the 32 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett will address the United nations Security Council on Friday when it meets to discuss the ongoing situation in Haiti, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration has announced new immigration enforcement priorities amid the Haitian migration crisis.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers have discussed the ongoing socio-economic and political situation in Haiti examining possible “modes” of intervention, according to a statement issued here by the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States President Joe Biden on Friday allocated 15,000 refugee admissions from Latin America and the Caribbean “for special humanitarian concern” for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. 

Washington, DC – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne today outlined key priorities to end the “most significant health crisis to affect our region in a century” and urged countries to work together to address the health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

LONDON, UK – The London-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International claims that Curaçaoan and Dutch authorities have violated the rights of Venezuelans seeking international protection in Curaçao.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said Wednesday that while COVID-19 infections have generally declined in the Americas in the past week, “local trends remain worrisome.”

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has warned the 54-member Commonwealth that it risks being divided over the re-election of the incumbent Secretary General, Patricia Scotland.