BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize and Taiwan have signed a multi-million-dollar agreement aimed at strengthening micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), with a particular focus on women and young entrepreneurs.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has held talks with a bipartisan United States congressional delegation that focused on strengthening the partnership between Guyana and the United States.

NEW YORK, New York – Democratic Leader of the United States House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries has joined immigration advocates and other elected officials in demanding the closure of a controversial US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, following the third reported death there.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has ended a high-level working meeting with Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodriquez, late Monday with both leaders agreeing to deepen the historical ties of friendship, fraternity, and cooperation that unite both countries.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, says the Inter-American community stands in solidarity with the Haitian people and remains committed to supporting them on this path.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize government says it has signed a Partial Scope Agreement (PSA) with El Salvador aimed at significantly deepening the bilateral relations between the two countries.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana police say a “go-fast” vessel with the Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed among several people on board,  had been intercepted on Tuesday night after it allegedly failed to stop when asked to do so by law enforcement personnel.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former prime minister Dr. Keith Rowley Monday called on the Trinidad and Tobago government to state how many nationals have had their United States visas revoked.

CASTRIES, ST. Lucia – St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre has held talks with his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart Kamla Persad-Bissessar providing an “update”  regarding her challenge to the reappointment of CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, Wednesday said that the electoral timetable set by the authorities in Haiti requires “urgent acceleration”  and that there is need to intensify citizen registration and identification, as well as public information, outreach, and voter mobilization campaigns.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin will lead a high-level delegation of regional and international partners to Haiti from August 16 to 19 to strengthen coordination and support Haitian-led efforts to improve security, advance preparations for elections, address urgent humanitarian needs and reinforce governance and long-term development.

WASHINGTON, DC – As legal groups file a lawsuit against United States President Donald J. Trump’s new birthright citizenship order for immigrants, the administration has established a task force for ending what it described as “birth tourism”.