SANTA MARTA, Colombia – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Monday released a new document examining the structural challenges that Latin America and the Caribbean region faces for moving towards more productive, sustainable and inclusive development.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Commonwealth Secretary General, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Tuesday said that next year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit (CHOGM) provides an opportunity for accelerating partnerships and investment for the 56-member grouping.

LONDON, UK – The United Kingdom on Wednesday announced that it is deploying US$3.36 million in emergency humanitarian funding to assist the Caribbean region’s recovery from Hurricane Melissa, with targeted support for Jamaica.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Over 300,000 Haitians were repatriated from the neighboring Dominican Republic between January and October this year, representing a 72 percent increase when compared to the same period the previous year. 

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Two Caribbean nationals have been selected to participate in the United Nations Fellowship Programme for People of African Descent, hosted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize's government says it intends to make public the agreement it signed with the United States to act as a “safe third country” for migrants as they seek asylum in the North American country.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) , Albert Ramdin, is urging member states to “act with urgency” to finalize and implement a comprehensive plan aimed at restoring stability and driving development in Haiti.

GENEVA – The United Nations Friday described as “extrajudicial killings” as it strongly condemned the United States for striking vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific allegedly carrying drug traffickers.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Sunday reiterated the need for the Caribbean to be a zone of peace, warning that any military action now will have severe consequences for the entire region.

DOHA, Qatar – Haiti has appealed to the international community to help restore security in the country, where criminal gangs have taken over most, if not all of the capital, Port-au- Prince and surrounding neighbourhoods.

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres has spoken by to Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness emphasizing afterwards that “international support is crucial” as the country deals with the effects of the category 5 storm which brought rain, storm surges and catastrophic flooding and killed nearly 30 people.

ST.  GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Dr. Didacus Jules, says the St Lucia based sub-regional grouping  stands in full solidarity with Grenada and its people as the member state “navigates imponderable currents."