SAN JOSE, Costa Rica –  Guyanese Muhammad Ibrahim has assumed office as the new Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the specialised agency for agriculture with a mission to encourage, promote and support its 34 member states in their efforts to achieve agricultural development and rural well-being through international technical cooperation of excellence.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, says it has successfully concluded a series of civil society organization (CSO) engagement workshops on citizen security, across four Eastern Caribbean countries.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A senior Guyana official has confirmed that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country is holding talks with the United States on accepting third country nationals from the North American country.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have discussed the ongoing developments between Venezuela and the United States, as well as the potential implications for the Eastern Caribbean,  according to an official statement issued here.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts and Nevis will become the third Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to  enter into an agreement with the United States to facilitate third country refugees so as to mitigate scenarios where Washington cannot return these individuals to their state of birth or origin.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Organization of American  States (OAS) Tuesday said it is prepared to play a meaningful role in the future development of Venezuela as member countries split over whether the United States’ decision to invade the South American country last Saturday, seizing its head of state, upholds accountability or undermines a foundational principle of international order.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government has hinted at the possibility of following several other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in signing an agreement with the United States to facilitate third country refugees so as to mitigate scenarios where Washington cannot return these individuals to their state of birth or origin.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Wednesday said it is offering a three-level crop protection training programme aimed at building knowledge and practical capacity across the food production and processing sector in the region.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada’s Prime Minister, Dickon Mitchell, says the weekend events in Venezuela have not advanced the causes of any parties nor have it narrowed differences, and instead “is pushing the region into more instability”.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The leadership of Antigua and Barbuda’s law-enforcement and national security agencies say they will continue to work against any attempt to make the island a transit corridor for narcotics trafficking.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on Monday announced that Dominica had entered into an agreement with the United States to facilitate third country refugees to be sent to Dominica to mitigate scenarios where the United States cannot return these individuals to their state of birth or origin.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it is monitoring the situation in Venezuela very closely, following the invasion by the United States and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.