GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Barbados will host the third Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  Regional Conference on Reparations later this month, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat announced on Wednesday.

GEORGETOWN , Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is calling for stronger policies to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and expand opportunities for their social and economic development across the region.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)  has praised Cuba for maintaining its relationship with the sub-regional grouping despite the “weight” of a trade and economic embargo imposed on the Caribbean country by the United States dating back to 1962.

NEW YORK, New York – The international human rights group Amnesty International, is calling for an end to the United States military’s “deadly, ongoing and illegal campaign” of air strikes against suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), UN Women Caribbean and The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus have joined forces to confront what they describe as one of the Caribbean’s most urgent challenges: the increasing prevalence of violence, including youth violence.

UNITED NATIONS - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Monday called on the United Nations Security Council to extend the mandate of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti as the country moves towards holding long overdue elections.

PANAMA CITY – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the European Union (EU) in 2026 has allocated US$19.9 million to support vulnerable children and families across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) through programmes focused on disaster preparedness, education, child protection and assistance for the most vulnerable children, including refugee and migrant populations.

SANTIAGO, Chile - A new report is suggesting that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region possesses strategic assets to drive development, but that doing so will require clear strategies and effective governance.

UNITED NATIONS – The head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Monday called on all stakeholders in the country “to make an unswerving commitment to exhibit political responsibility and to work in a constructive spirit” so as to ensure the future stability and security of the country.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - The  Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has officially unveiled the OECS Regional Child Policy and Strategic Plan 2026-2032, signaling a transformative step forward in strengthening the sub region’s commitment to safeguarding and advancing the rights, development and well-being of children.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Philip J. Pierre has called on Caribbean nations to continue the “unfinished journey of emancipation” by pursuing economic empowerment, food security, energy independence and reparative justice. 

SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Wednesday said that Uruguay will host the sixth session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean in August.