Above: UN peacekeepers in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is probing the death in Haiti of a peacekeeper from Rwanda, the world body announced in a statement. The officer was a member of […]

Above: Dominica’s Dr Carissa Etienne (Photo: PAHO) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica’s Dr Carissa Etienne has been elected the new director of the Pan American Health Organization. Etienne was chosen by PAHO Member States during the 28th Pan American […]

Above: Ambassadors Dessima Williams and Normans Penke By Michael Bascombe NEW YORK — Grenada has formally established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Latvia. A Joint Communiqué on establishing diplomatic relations between both countries was signed in New York Wednesday. […]

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s economy has slowed down this year, according to the International Monetary Fund, which recently concluded a staff visit to the country. The meeting, which took place from Sept. 10 to Sept. 18, […]