Trinidad and Tobago voters head to polls for wildly unpredictable election Voters in twin-island Caribbean nation to determine representatives amid Trump tariffs and rising cost of living The Guardian - US · Apr 28, 2025
U.S. Move To Designate Haitian Gands As Terrorists Likely An Excuse To Increase Deportations, Expert Says Members of Haitian gangs sowing chaos in the besieged Caribbean country and people financing them could be sent to El Salvador's infamous prisons soon. However, an expert warns it's all likely an excuse Latin Times · Apr 22, 2025
Haiti could face 'total chaos' without more international support, UN envoy warns The top U_N_ official in Haiti is sounding an alarm to the U_N_ Security Council that escalating gang violence is liable to lead the Caribbean nation to “a point of no return.” The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025
Gang-ravaged Haiti Nearing 'Point Of No Return', UN Warns Haiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent weeks, is approaching a "point of no return" leading to "total chaos," the UN special representative to the troubled Caribbean nation warned Monday. International Business Times · Apr 21, 2025
Hurricane-hit Grenadians see climate change and reparations as one struggle Island country deals with drought and hurricane damage as it pushes for reparations from countries that benefited from slavery The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 2025
Emboldened by Trump, the ‘liberal’ UK is giving free rein to its colonial impulses Faced with fading empires’ petulance, the global south must draw a red line under its relationship with them and forge new ties based on mutual respect The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2025
Descendants of slave owners in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN Great-great-grandson of William Gladstone tells of ‘profound sense of guilt’ The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2025
Suspect linked to murder of Dutch journalist arrested on Caribbean island The man arrested on the Caribbean island of Curacao The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025
Caribbean activists step up fight to end homophobic laws that ‘breach fundamental rights’ Movement gathers pace after a ‘disheartening’ and regressive ruling by Trinidad’s supreme court last month The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2025
Death Toll In Dominican Nightclub Disaster Rises To 218 The death toll after a roof collapsed at a crowded nightclub in the Dominican Republic has climbed to 218, the head of rescue operations said Thursday, in the Caribbean nation's worst disaster in decades. International Business Times · Apr 10, 2025
Behind the scenes of $100 million Allure of the Seas cruise ship revamp Royal Caribbean has ‘amplified’ the cruise ship ahead of summer sailings in the Med The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2025 Caribbean is friend of US, not an enemy, tariff-hit regional leaders tell Trump Barbados PM and Caricom chair calls on Washington to engage in talks to ‘keep prices down for all of our people’
The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025 Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages Centuries later, Jamaican Patwa and US Gullah Creole retain many Africanisms adopted from enslaved people
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Upheaval at Inter-American Foundation slashes critical aid in Haiti, report says A new report has found that thousands of Haitians have lost access to resources including seeds, loans and medical care after the Trump administration began to dismantle a U.S. foundation that helped the troubled Caribbean country
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Judge blocks Trump from dismantling agency that funds community groups in Latin American countries A federal judge agreed on Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling an independent agency that distributes grant money to community development groups in Latin American and Caribbean countries
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean March 28-April 3, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025 Activist takes case over Trinidad’s homophobic laws to UK’s privy council Legislation was repealed in 2018 but Caribbean country’s supreme court last week recriminalised the act after appeal
The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025 Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation Tao Leigh Goffe argues climate breakdown is the mutant offspring of European scientific racism and colonialism
International Business Times · Mar 26, 2025 Jamaica Rebuffs Rubio Push Against Cuban Doctors Jamaica on Wednesday rebuffed a push by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to sever a program that brings in Cuban doctors, who have become critical to health care in fellow Caribbean countries despite allegations of labor exploitation.
Euronews · Mar 26, 2025 Kenyan police officer missing in Haiti after suspected gang kidnapping The incident comes a month after another Kenyan policeman was killed in the Caribbean country while working for the same international security force.
The Guardian - US · Mar 26, 2025 Caribbean leaders deny US claims that Cuban health workers are victims of ‘forced labor’ As White House takes aim at medical missions, SVG says it gave US proof that workers aren’t human-trafficking victims