ABUJA, Nigeria – Former Jamaica prime minister, PJ Patterson Wednesday urged African and Caribbean leaders to recognize the opportunities for deeper cooperation provided by the expansion of the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) into the Caribbean.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Monday warned that the Humanitarian Appeal and Response Plan in Haiti remains underfunded and that without additional support the most vulnerable, especially women and children, will continue to pay the highest price.

BRASILIA, Brazil - Antigua and Barbuda Friday said it is looking forward to boosting trade, improving transport connectivity, and reinforcing regional supply chains and trade corridors with Brazil, saying these are all essential steps toward achieving food security and building lasting resilience across Latin America and the Caribbean.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The 55th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS)  began here on Wednesday night against the backdrop of financial problems, an uncertain global environment and the need to remain agile, resourceful and unwavering in its mission to life every citizen of the Americas.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Tuesday said that the global community is facing very challenging times with respect to trade and that this is probably the most disruptive period in global trade since the 1930s.

GENEVA – The executive director of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Misha Lobban Clarke, says the eighth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) held here last week highlighted the importance of the private-public partnership.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday said that the regional integration movement (CARICOM) needs to have a “sincere conversation” about the present and future state of the grouping, but insisted that Dominica would not support calls for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to leave the movement that was established in 1973.

SANTIAGO, Chile – The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Tuesday said the creation of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in 2021, marked a decisive step towards more integrated and effective cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana Tuesday launched a trilateral trade mission aimed at providing opportunities for stronger relations and business ventures in Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and the host country.

ROSEAU, Dominica - Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit said that the five Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) with a citizenship by investment program (CBI) met last week to further discuss the program amid some concerns being raised by the United States.

GENEVA – The United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, said Friday that the human rights crisis in Haiti has plummeted to a new low, with gangs extending their reach beyond Port-au-Prince and into the central regions of the country, carrying out killings, rapes and kidnappings.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Trade and economic development ministers from the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) began a two-day meeting here on Tuesday against the background of many trade-related challenges facing the region, and in a geo-political environment which is changing very rapidly.