SANTIAGO, Chile – A new United Nations report stays that 6.5 percent of the population, or 43.2 million people, of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) suffers from hunger.  

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda is celebrating its 42nd anniversary of political independence from Britain on Wednesday with Prime Minister Gaston Browne saying that the past four decades have been “nothing short of extraordinary, marked by a myriad of challenges and continued progress.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The 17^th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) began on Tuesday with the acknowledgement of the regional potential for agriculture as well as the inherent challenges to farming and agri-buisness in the region.

GEORGETOWN , Guyana – Leaders from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will attend the inaugural CARICOM-Saudi Arabia Summit next week, where they will engage in substantive discussions with Saudi Arabian counterparts

OTTAWA, Canada – Canada and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders Thursday ended three days of a “very successful” summit laying the groundwork for “concrete plan of action” in the future relationship, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.

OTTAWA, Canada – The head of an interdepartmental task force on Haiti at Global Affairs Canada says the North American country is likely to deploy Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers to Haiti to act as trainers in a multinational military intervention headed by Kenya.

WASHINGTON, DC – Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) cities have the potential to boost their economies by better integrating migrants, according to a new report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has officially launched the OECS Regional Data Governance Council (RDGC), a  component of the World Bank-funded OECS Data for Decision Making project, which was approved in May 2022.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says children in Haiti are facing the triple threat of insecurity, malnutrition and disease. 

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda is considering becoming a full-fledged member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and is initiating a consultation process.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Canada-Caribbean Institute (CCI) has urged Canada and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders to build on the legacy of the past to set an agenda that allows the two regions to move together as closer partners into the future.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are hoping to raise three main issues during their summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa later this month, Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says.