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Dominican Republic to Join Central American Security Treaty

Above: Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic will join the Framework Treaty on Democratic Security in Central America as part of a commitment to addressing transnational crime, Foreign Minister […]

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 […]

Interview with Francis Fonseca, Candidate for Prime Minister of Belize

By Alexander Britell BELIZEANS HEAD TO THE POLLS Wednesday to choose their next government — deciding between Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s ruling United Democratic Party and the Opposition People’s United Party, led by Francis Fonseca, which is looking to return […]

Guyana and Suriname Meet with OAS

Above: Suriname FM Winston Lackin and OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Donald Ramotar and Suriname Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Lackin both held talks with OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza this […]

Mexico Hosting Regional Conference on Fight Against Transnational Crime

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Mexican government will convene a High-Level Hemispheric Meeting against Transnational Organized Crime beginning Thursday. The two-day meeting in Mexico City will address a range […]

UN Haiti Chief: “Rifts Have Taken Over Reconciliation Efforts”

Above: MINUSTAH Chief Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Mariano Fernandez, the chief of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti, said he was deeply concerned over the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille Friday morning. […]

St Lucia Looks to New Era of Diplomatic Relations with Argentina

By the Caribbean Journal staff Argentina was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with St Lucia after it attained independence in 1979, and the two countries are looking forward to a continued partnership with a new Argentine […]

Op-Ed: Economic Sanctions and United States-Cuba Relations

By José Azel Op-Ed Contributor US economic sanctions against Cuba were first authorized in 1961 when President John F Kennedy issued an executive order in response to the Cuban government’s expropriation without compensation of American assets. Five decades later, the […]

Grenada Mourns Former Prime Minister George Ignatius Brizan

Above: St George’s Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada is mourning the loss of former Prime Minister George Ignatius Brizan, who passed away Saturday. Brizan was the founding member and former leader of the current ruling National […]

Haitian President Michel Martelly’s Motorcade Attacked in Port-au-Prince

Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly said the Presidential Motorcade was attacked by “troublemakers” today shortly after 3PM. According to Martelly’s office, the attack occurred from the University of Haiti’s […]

Haiti, Dominican Republic Talk Collaboration on Public Security

Above: Santo Domingo By the Caribbean Journal staff A recent visit by Haitian Interior Minister Thierry Mayard-Paul to the Dominican Republic led to discussion about potential collaboration on a public security initiative between the two countries. Mayard-Paul held talks with […]

Standard & Poor’s Lowers Credit Rating on Belize, Citing Politics

By the Caribbean Journal staff Standard & Poor’s has lowered its long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Belize to CCC+ from B-, with its outlook “stable.” The ratings firm pointed to an announcement by Prime Minister Dean […]

Dominica, Antigua Sign Firearms Marking Agreements with OAS

Above: Ambassador Hubert Charles, Dominica’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, and Panama’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Guillermo Cochez (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States will implement its “Promoting Firearms Marking […]

Grenada’s Ruling NDC Challenges Claims over Unrest in Party

Above: Tourism Minister Peter David By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s ruling National Democratic Congress has dismissed what it calls “vicious lies” about strife within the party. “We’re living good, we’re eating good, and we’re living together,” said Senator Arley […]

Op-Ed: Changing Jamaica’s Constitution

By Garnett Ankle Op-Ed Contributor At this point in her political career, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller may be thinking of her legacy. How will history judge her? She has an opportunity to make an indelible mark on the political […]

How the Press (and Politicians) Embraced Social Media in Jamaica’s Election

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor The 2011 general election in Jamaica saw the use of traditional and social media in ways never before experienced on that island. This was the first such election in that country since the coming […]

OAS Congratulates New Jamaican PM

Above: Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza congratulated incoming Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on her victory in Thursday’s election. Insulza said the victory was a “confirmation of the confidence which […]

The Caribbean Year in Review

For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]

Grenadian Minister Calls for Refocusing

By the Caribbean Journal staff The coalition of individuals and groups that helped Grenada’s ruling NDC win the 2008 general elections needs to refocus and regroup, according to Tourism Minister and senior NDC official Peter David. “Delivering on the basic […]

Interview with Jean Lowrie-Chin

By Alexander Britell Jean Lowrie-Chin is one of Jamaica’s leading media experts, having founded public relations firm PROComm and created the Jamaica Gleaner’s Flair magazine. Lowrie Chin is also a veteran political analyst, having been a columnist for the Jamaica […]

Ramotar Gives Inauguration Statement

By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Donald Ramotar gave his inauguration statement, congratulating the country on what he called “the latest renewal of our democracy.” Ramotar also expressed his gratitude to former President Bharrat Jagdeo, who finished his 12-year […]

Forbes: Women and Politics in Jamaica

Above, from left: Jamaican Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, MP Sharon Hay-Webster (JLP) and Culture Minister Olivia Grange By Marcia Forbes, PhD Op-Ed Contributor Patriarchy in Place The debate rages on around the world and is about to get really […]

Interview with Jamaican Parliamentary Candidate Damion Crawford

By Alexander Britell Damion Crawford, People’s National Party candidate for the East Rural St Andrew seat in Jamaica’s Parliament, attended Kingston College, and then went to the University of the West Indies, where he received a master’s degree in tourism […]

Bloomberg Hosts Jamaica Trade Forum

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican political and business leaders recently took center stage at a trade and investment forum at Bloomberg’s international headquarters in New York City, in an event coordinated by Dr Geneive Brown Metzger, Jamaica’s Consul General […]

UN Urges Haitian Parliament to Approve Conille’s Government Programme

Above: Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Mariano Fernandez, the Special Representative of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in Haiti, voiced hope that the decision by Haiti’s Senate to approve Garry Conille as Prime Minister could mean […]

Uruguayan Investigators in Haiti

Above: peacekeepers in Haiti’s Cite Soleil (UN Photo) A high-level contingent of Uruguayan investigators has arrived in Haiti to probe the alleged sexual assault of a young man by Uruguyan peacekeepers working for the UN. UN spokesperson Eliane Nabaa told […]

Irwin Stotzky: Haiti, Here We Go Again

Above: a girl stands in front of her home for persons displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The news from Haiti is grim. Nineteen months after the devastating earthquake, the future […]

Partners in Health’s Joia Mukherjee on Haiti, Cholera and the “Free Man”

By Alexander Britell Since 2000, Dr Joia Mukherjee has been the medical director at global healthcare nonprofit Partners In Health, which is active in 12 countries around the world. Dr Mukherjee, a Harvard professor who also consults for the WHO […]

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