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Caribbean nations draft action plan to push UK to redress reparations over slavery

Leaders hope UK will agree to targeted discussions around reparatory justice, but could consider legal options if Britain resists

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19

Jamaican delegates arrive in UK to hand slavery reparations petition to King Charles

Slavery’s legacy continues ‘to deprive our country and our people’, says minister, as group prepares to appeal to Jamaica’s head of state

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6

UK slavery reparations must be top issue at Commonwealth summit, says former Caribbean leader

Reparations should be ‘front and centre’ when leaders meet this November, says former St Vincent and Grenadines PM

The Guardian - UK · May 11

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Trump administration reaches asylum deal with Dominica under new visa rules

The US has reached a deal to dispatch expelled asylum seekers to Dominica as the Trump administration looks to continue its crackdown on illegal immigration.

Euronews · Jan 6

St Vincent opposition party celebrates historic election win

New Democratic party victory is crushing defeat for Unity Labour, which has held power since 2001

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025

St Vincent prime minister seeks record sixth term in tight election

Ralph Gonsalves campaigns on economic record in bid to retain office he has held since 2001

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

Caribbean leaders hail ICJ climate ruling as ‘historic’ win for small island states

PM of St Vincent and the Grenadines says ruling will strengthen the Caribbean’s negotiating power when it comes to climate change reparations

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025

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A letter demanding data on Cuban medical missions roils the Caribbean and the Americas

An unusual request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about Cuban medical brigades is roiling countries in the Caribbean and the Americas

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025

The volcanic holiday island you should visit before it gets too popular

St Vincent’s profile, originally raised by Johnny Depp, has been boosted with the opening of a new resort

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 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

The Guardian - US · Mar 26, 2025

St Vincent and the Grenadines buys island central to Garifuna culture

Descendants of enslaved Africans and Indigenous people interned on Baliceaux in 18th century hail ‘historic victory’

The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2025

Trump’s mass deportation plans spark panic in the Caribbean amid fake news

Nations try to reassure citizens as Trump threatens unprecedented crackdown but scale remains unclear

The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2025

Once a site of horror, a tiny Caribbean island could become a Garifuna shrine

Thousands died on Baliceaux in the 1790s as the British almost wiped out the descendants of Africans and Indigenous Kalinagos. Now the island is for sale

The Guardian - US · Jan 13, 2025

Caribbean leaders call for ‘Marshall plan’ to help rebuild after Hurricane Beryl

Three prime ministers write to UK government saying islands cannot sustain debt from repeated rebuilding

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

The Guardian view on Hurricane Beryl: the west can’t sit this out

Editorial: An unprecedented storm has caused devastation. Caribbean states need support

The Guardian - US · Jul 3, 2024

‘Please send help’: Caribbean reels from Hurricane Beryl devastation

Homes flattened, apocalyptic scenes and at least four dead as St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada try to recover

The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2024

Hurricane Beryl: Caribbean leader calls out rich countries for climate failures as ‘horrendous’ storm makes landfall

Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines calls Cop ‘largely a talk shop’ and beseeches west to honor commitments

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2024

Mapped: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico as Category 2 storm

Hurricane Beryl could make a ‘rare’ double strike in Mexico and potentially impact southeastern United States

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Latin Times · Dec 15, 2023

Venezuela, Guyana Agree Not To 'Use Force' To Settle Land Dispute

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and Guyana's Irfaan Ali shook hands after a two-hour meeting on the Caribbean island nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023

Guyana, Venezuela, 11bn barrels of oil – and six centuries of colonial conflict

Maduro’s annexation threat is only the latest move on a chessboard stretching back to the 15th century. The outcome could reverberate throughout Latin America and the Caribbean

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Guyana and Venezuela leaders to meet face-to-face as region pushes to defuse territorial dispute

The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela are scheduled to meet face-to-face as regional partners urgently seek to defuse a long-standing territorial dispute that has escalated after Venezuelans voted in a referendum to claim two-thirds of their small neighbor

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023

Leaders of Guyana and Venezuela to meet this week as region worries over their territorial dispute

The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela will meet this week to address an escalating dispute over the Essequibo region that is rich in oil and minerals

Latin Times · Dec 11, 2023

Guyana, Venezuela Presidents To Meet Thursday On Border Row

Tension has soared over Essequibo, which has historically been controlled by Guyana, since Maduro's government held a controversial referendum last weekend in which 95 percent of voters supported declaring Venezuela its rightful owner, according to official results.

International Business Times · Dec 10, 2023

Guyana, Venezuela Presidents To Meet Thursday On Border Row

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, will meet Thursday on their countries' growing dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo, amid mounting international warnings against escalating the row.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 27, 2023

The island nation 'punching above its weight' on world stage after independence

ON October 27, 1979, St Vincent and the Grenadines officially became an independent country ...

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