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OAS: “Concrete Results” in Haiti

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Progress in Haiti since the devastating 2010 earthquake is “concrete” and “inspiring,” Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza said in a statement on […]

Should Caribbean Politicians Tweet?

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Politicians & Social Media Engagement THE QUESTION keeps coming back – social media and Jamaican politicians; do they know how to use these communication tools to their advantage? Recently, it seems that whenever there […]

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 […]

Haiti’s Martelly Meets With Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Above: former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (UN Photo/Michelle Poiré) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly held a meeting this week with former Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a source confirmed to Caribbean Journal. It’s not yet clear what […]

Op-Ed: What’s Next For the Jamaica Labour Party?

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor A recent article in the Jamaica Gleaner reported on what seemed to be a major dispute within the Jamaica Labor Party. This development has fundamental implications for Jamaica’s Westminster parliamentary democracy and Jamaica’s political future. […]

Five Caribbean Cities For Great Shopping

We like the beach, the culture, the food. But sometimes going to the Caribbean is really just an excuse to go shopping. And whether you’re stopping in port or on a long vacation, you’ll find everything you want to buy […]

Op-Ed: Is it Time For President Obama to Visit the Caribbean?

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor DIFFERENT US PRESIDENTS have had different attitudes to the Caribbean, from President Ronald Reagan, who made a high-profile visit to Jamaica (and ordered the invasion of Grenada to) to Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, […]

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 […]

Op-Ed: Does Jamaica Need Outside Help to Deal With Crime?

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Last week’s assault on Vincent Simpson, the brother of Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has left Jamaica in shock. When coupled with the recent late-night burglary of the Minister of National Security, it leaves the impression […]

UK Foreign Secretary Responds to Letter by Turks and Caicos Premier

Above: UK Foreign Secretary William Hague (Photo: FCO) By the Caribbean Journal staff United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague has officially responded to a letter written to him by Turks and Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing last month, saying the […]

Turks and Caicos Premier Asks UK to Recall Governor, Attorney General

Above: Turks and Caicos Premier Rufus Ewing By Alexander Britell Turks and Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing has asked the United Kingdom to recall Governor Ric Todd, Attorney General Huw Shepheard and CFO Hugh McGarel Groves from office. In a […]

Durandis: The Closed Box in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor SOMETIME IN THE 19TH CENTURY, in 1849 to be precise, long after Haiti’s independence from imperial France; there was an American slave, Henry “Box” Brown, who had himself mailed in a box to freedom. Henry […]

Report Urges National Consensus in Haiti

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is in a race against time to “convince its own people, donors and potential investors that progress and stability are still achievable,” according to a new […]

Haiti: Outgoing MINUSTAH Chief Calls Election Delay “Almost Unacceptable”

Above: outgoing MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s delay in holding local and legislative elections is “almost unacceptable,” according to Mariano Fernandez, who completed his term as head of the UN’s peacekeeping mission […]

Interview with Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (UN Photo/ J Carrier) By Alexander Britell Haiti is trying to move the process of reconstruction into a higher gear. While the country’s GDP has been growing at a strong pace, natural disasters […]

Puerto Rico to Hold Referendum on Territory’s Political Status on Nov. 6

Above: San Juan (Photo: Puerto Rico Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Voters in Puerto Rico will show their preference for Puerto Rico’s future political status in a vote on Tuesday. The vote, which will come alongside elections for Puerto […]

Op-Ed: Belize’s Debt Payment

By Kay Menzies Op-Ed Contributor Certain realities are very much present in our daily economic life in Belize. For example, the population is, at this point, fully aware that we have a huge debt burden relative to our country’s size. […]

Trinidad at 50: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Independence Address

Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) Trinidad and Tobago marked the 50th anniversary of its independence Friday. The country achieved its independence from the Great Britain on Aug. 31, 1962. The following is the text of Trinidad […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica, Trinidad and the Travails of the Caribbean Court of Justice

By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor There is a great mistrust among the peoples of CARICOM. The average Trinidadian does not trust the average Jamaican, nor do Jamaicans trust the Bajans, especially since the Myrie incident which is in court. I […]

Hillary Clinton: US Has Moved from Working in Haiti to Working With Haiti

Above: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: US Department of State) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met in Washington Tuesday […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica’s Next 50 Years

By Ramesh Sujanani Op-Ed Contributor There are a lot of comments of late relating to Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence. In Wednesday’s Gleaner, Din Duggan made a few comments about the unforgivable fracas in Parliament recently, and Mr McConnell’s comment […]

Turks and Caicos Projects Revenue Increase, But “Further Work” Remains

Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos’ draft budget projects a 20 percent increase in revenues for the financial year 2012/2013. The new draft budget, which goes to Turks and Caicos’ […]

Haiti’s Martelly Returns Home, Renews Call for Confirmation of Prime Minister

Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly upon his arrival at Toussaint Louverture International Airport (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly returned to Haiti Monday morning after a two-week hospital stay in Miami following a pulmonary embolism. […]

Interview with Mary Anastasia O’Grady on US Policy in the Americas, China and Haiti

Above: Guatemala’s Otto Perez Molina, Haiti’s Michel Martelly and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez By Alexander Britell This week, heads of state from around the region will gather in Cartagena, Colombia for the Sixth Summit of the Americas, on the theme of […]

Belize Prime Minister Names New Cabinet

Above: Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow By the Caribbean Journal staff Returning Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow has named his new cabinet, following his re-election in the country’s March 7 vote. Barrow’s Deputy Prime Minister will be Gaspar Vega, joined […]

Belize Readies for Election

Above: Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Opposition Leader Francis Fonseca By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize is gearing up for national and municipal elections Wednesday, the first in the country since 2008, in a race pitting Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s […]

Haiti Has “Disturbing Level” of Political Infighting: US Ambassador to UN

Above: Susan Rice, the US Ambassador to the UN (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Haiti has made “important progress” since the earthquake in January 2010, it has a “disturbing level of political infighting in a country […]

Durandis: As Garry Conille Exits, Haiti Heads Toward a Fish-Tail Ending

Above: Garry Conille at the installation of his cabinet (Photo: OP) By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor Early on in life, I was taught one thing about fish: don’t mess with the tail. In Haiti, the saying of “queue poisson” is […]

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