WASHINGTON, D.C. – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have threatened to boycott a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) scheduled for later on Wednesday, after questioning the procedure used to convene the debate on the “current situation” in Cuba.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, - Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, will conclude his year-long stint as Chair of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), on Friday, July 23. 

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he does not favor any military presence in Haiti as the French-speaking member country continues its investigation into the assassination of its President Jovenel Moise last Wednesday.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) wants the region to develop platforms for producing and distributing new vaccines and medicines as part of “a concerted regional health strategy.”

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will “within weeks” formally open a diplomatic mission in Kenya as the 15-member regional grouping seeks to deepen its relations with Africa.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that nearly a third of all children in Haiti – numbering around 1.5 million – are in urgent need of emergency relief due to rising violence, insufficient access to clean water, health and nutrition.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Chairman of the 15-member regional grouping, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has sought to assure Haitians that the region stands in solidarity with the French speaking CARICOM member state.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Government of Barbados has called on the Biden administration in the United States end the embargo imposed on the island of Cuba, stating that bring it to an end is the “morally right” thing to do.

NEW YORK, New York – United Nations Secretary General António Guterres as well as Haitian American legislators have condemned the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse at his private residence on the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country early on Wednesday.

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, Wednesday thanked Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries for their “unwavering support” to the United Nations Mission in Haiti, as the French-speaking CARICOM country deals with the outcomes of the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne Wednesday said that new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases spiked in Central America, the Caribbean and some South America countries last week.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet later on Wednesday following the assassination of Haiti’s President, Jovenel Moise, CARICOM chairman Gaston Browne has said.