SANTIAGO, Chile –  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched the “Ready and Resilient Americas,” a regional program to make Latin America and the Caribbean more resilient to the disasters that harm its economies and quality of life.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana –  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission Tuesday said it stands in solidarity with the global community in observing the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, saying it is a” poignant moment to reflect on the horrors of this dark chapter in human history.

QUEBEC, Canada – In a strong show of support for Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the G7 Foreign Ministers on Friday, doubled down on calling out Venezuela’s unlawful incursion into Guyanese waters.

GENEVA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, Friday said that the human rights situation in Haiti has reached yet another crisis point and called on regional  and international stakeholders, including the media “ to put the spotlight on this crisis, so that the intolerable suffering and destruction can end.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – More than 100 veterinary, agricultural and health experts from across the Caribbean are meeting here to strengthen regional animal health and food safety systems.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Last Sunday, US Special Envoy for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mauricio Claver-Carone, met in Washington with the representatives from Barbados, the Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says planning is underway for the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), which Jamaica is set to host in July.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands -  Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has praised St Martin’s accession to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), calling the move a “historic occasion” and a critical step for regional cooperation amid global uncertainty.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations’ High Commissioner’s Designated Expert on Human Rights, William O’Neill, Tuesday said he believes solving the security crisis in Haiti is “doable” bit would also require law enforcement agencies being properly supplied and neighboring countries do their part.

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres Tuesday said that the while the transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago, it its legacy is ever present.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Monday said in just one month, intense violence has forced nearly 60,000 people to flee as Haiti recorded yet another record in its worsening humanitarian situation.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Government of Guyana has called on the Hague based International Court of Justice (ICJ), to block Venezuela from engaging in electoral activities in the Essequibo region even as the neighboring countries have a pending border case before the judicial body.