GENEVA, Switzerland – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Tuesday said that more than a million people are now internally displaced in Haiti, where criminal gangs have been seeking to destabilize the country.

SANTO DOMINIGO, Dominican Republic – The Directorate General of Migration (DGM) says it has returned more than a quarter million Haitians to their country last year insisting that their removals were carried out in compliance with human rights and international agreements to which the country is a signatory.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) says its leaders this week joined regional defense and security leaders in discuss security challenges and regional cooperation during the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC) 2024 .

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Government of Barbados has suspended plans to send troops to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state Haiti.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICCOM) chair, Mia Mottley Wednesday said that the 15-member regional integration movement begins 2025 at the crossroads of immense challenges and extraordinary opportunities against a backdrop of global uncertainty.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Eighteen countries from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have launched the Alliance for Security, Justice and Development, an unprecedented alliance which unites governments, multilateral organizations, and civil society to address organized crime.

GENEVA - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, Tuesday reiterated a call for countries not to repatriate Haitians to their homeland as the UN Human Rights Office reported that at least 5,601 people were killed in Haiti last year.

UNITED NATIONS – A new United Nations report says a little over two weeks after a surge of violence in the Cité Soleil commune of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince more than 207 people were executed by the Wharf Jérémie gang. 

UNITED NATIONS – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Tuesday reported that over the past 48 hours, more than 4,500 people have become newly displaced due to ongoing insecurity in Haiti where criminal gangs have been seeking to overthrow the government an increase the level of insecurity in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

UNITED NATIONS - St. Kitts-Nevis has assumed the chairmanship of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) saying it  exemplifies the ambition of the twin-island Federation to contribute meaningfully to the work of the United Nations.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The government of Haiti has announced a one-month state of emergency, effective Sunday, until January 21, 2024, in response to escalating gang violence and insecurity. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), aimed at improving the region’s food security and nutrition by 2030.