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Haiti: UN, Foreign Ambassadors “Welcome” Publication of Electoral Law

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is welcoming the recent publication of Haiti’s new Electoral Law, the world body announced in a statement. Sandra Honore, Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon […]

Haiti’s Martelly Authorizes Publication of New Electoral Law

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly has handed over the country’s new Electoral Law for publication in Haiti’s Official Journal of the Republic, a major way forward on the road toward holding […]

Haiti: United Nations Welcomes Vote on Electoral Law

Above: UN Special Representative Sandra Honore By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is welcoming the Haitian Parliament’s recent vote on the Electoral Law, MINUSTAH Chief Sandra Honore said in a statement issued Friday. The law, which helps paves […]

Andrew Holness Wins Election for Jamaica Labour Party Leadership

Above: Andrew Holness with JLP supporters on Sunday By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Prime Minister Andrew Holness is still the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party. That was the result following an election Sunday that saw Holness win the […]

Haiti: UN Urges Progress on Elections

Above: UN Special Representative Sandra Honore (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Sandra Honore, the Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, issued a statement Thursday renewing a call for progress on long-delayed elections in Haiti. Honore […]

Suriname: IDB Approves $40M in Loans For Electricity Sector

Above: Suriname By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a pair of loans totaling $40 million to boost the electricity sector in Suriname. The loans, which were approved under the IDB’s Flexible Financing Facility, both have […]

People’s National Movement Wins Seat in Trinidad By-Election

Above: Terrance Deyalsingh By the Caribbean Journal staff Opposition People’s National Movement candidate Terrance Deyalsingh won Monday’s by-election for the St Joseph constituency in Trinidad, according to preliminary results from the country’s Elections and Boundaries Commission. It’s the second straight […]

Ruling Party Wins Aruba Election

Above: PM Mike Eman celebrates victory By the Caribbean Journal staff Aruba Prime Minister Mike Eman’s ruling Aruban People’s Party claimed victory in the Dutch island’s elections on Friday. The AVP won 13 seats in the Estates of Aruba, with […]

UN: Ongoing Election Delay in Haiti Is “Of Increasing Concern”

Above: MINUSTAH Chief Sandra Honore (UN Photo/Mark Garten By the Caribbean Journal staff The ongoing delay of legislative elections in Haiti is of “increasing concern,” according to Sandra Honore, the new head of the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in the […]

Jack Warner Wins Trinidad By-Election

Above: Jack Warner By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Trinidad Cabinet Minister Jack Warner has won the by-election for the Chaguanas West seat in the country’s Parliament. Warner, who had resigned in April following a report that led to questions […]

Joe Biden, Haiti’s Michel Martelly Talk Security, Elections in Phone Call

Above: Joe Biden By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden and Haiti President Michel Martelly held talks by phone on Wednesday, following a meeting between two during Biden’s visit to Trinidad last month. Biden reiterated the […]

Haiti, United Nations Hold Talks on Planned Legislative Elections

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met Monday with UN Acting Special Representative Nigel Fisher and UNDP senior director Sophie De Caen to discuss the logistics of […]

Antigua’s John Ashe Elected President of UN General Assembly

Above: Ambassador John Ashe By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s Ambassador to the United Nations, John Ashe, has been elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Ashe, who was chosen along with 21 vice presidents in New York on […]

Cayman Islands Election: PPM Wins Most Seats, Coalition Government Likely

Above: the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The opposition People’s Progressive Movement has won a plurality of seats in the Cayman Islands’ election, according to official results. The PPM, led by Alden McLaughlin, took 9 of […]

Jamaica’s Government Elects First Blind Senate President

Above: Parliament in Jamaica By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has named Floyd Morris as its new president of the Senate, making him the first blind president of the chamber. Morris succeeds former Senate President Rev. Stanley Redwood, who resigned […]

Haiti’s Electoral Council President Holds Talks With OAS Secretary General

Above: the meeting in Bridgetown (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Emmanuel Menard, the president of Haiti’s recently-formed Transitional College of the Permanent Electoral Council, held talks with OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza in Barbados last week. The […]

Haiti: US, UN “Welcome” Formation of Transitional Electoral Council

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s recent agreement on a transitional college of the Permanent Electoral Council, a move that paves the way for the holding of long-delayed elections, is drawing praise from the United States […]

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Wins Presidential Election

Above: President-Elect Nicolas Maduro (UN Photo/Lou Rouse) By the Caribbean Journal staff Acting President Nicolas Maduro has won Venezuela’s presidential election by a narrow margin, according to preliminary results from the country’s National Electoral Council. Maduro, who was the hand-picked […]

Haiti Names Electoral Council, Paving Way For Long-Delayed Elections

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff After months of urging by the international community, Haiti’s government has established a transitional college of its Permanent Electoral Council, a move that paves the way for long-awaited legislative elections, according […]

Amanda Misick Wins Turks and Caicos By-Election; PNP Retains Power

Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff Amanda Misick of the Progressive National Party has won a by-election in Turks and Caicos that could have changed the balance of power in the territory’s House […]

Haiti: UN’s Nigel Fisher Continues Call to Hold Elections in 2013

Above: Nigel Fisher (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti must overcome its ongoing political stalemate and hold elections, according to Nigel Fisher, the Acting Special Representative of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Haiti. Fisher was making his […]

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Native of Argentina, Elected New Pope

Above: Vatican City By the Caribbean Journal staff Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected as the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, following the conclave in the Vatican and a “Habemus Papam” announcement by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran. He has taken […]

Venezuela to Hold Election April 14

Above: Henrique Capriles Radonski and Nicolas Maduro By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuela will hold its presidential election April 14, the country’s government announced Saturday afternoon. The move comes after the death of former President Hugo Chavez last Tuesday from […]

Democratic Labour Party Wins Barbados Election By Narrow Margin

Above: Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The Democratic Labour Party has retained power in Barbados with a narrow election victory, according to preliminary results. The win gives Prime Minister Freundel Stuart his first full term […]

OAS Reports 85 Percent Voter Turnout in Grenada Elections

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Approximately 85 percent of voters turned out for Grenada’s elections Tuesday, which were swept by the New National Party, according to the Organization of American States. The OAS electoral observation mission […]

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