By Nicanor Gordon CNW- This past week, the Florida legislature pushed through multiple bills signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis. These bills cover a broad swath of areas including abortion, firearm permits, and tort law reform. Some of these laws will affect the large Caribbean immigrant population in the state of Florida. Here’s a […]

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UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is visiting countries across Latin America, Colombia, Chile and Brazil, and Jamaica in the Caribbean over the next 7 days to renew the UK’s relationship with the influential region. Cleverly arrived in Jamaica on 18 May, on the first leg of a 4-country trip that will focus on climate, democracy, […]

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By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY, May 19 (Reuters) – With barely a month to go before Guatemalan voters go to the polls to pick a new president, a judge suspended the candidacy of frontrunner Carlos Pineda on Friday, in a ruling swiftly denounced as undemocratic by the businessman outsider. Pineda pledged to appeal the ruling […]

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MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed and nine injured in a shootout at a car show in northern Mexico’s Baja California on Saturday, the municipal government reported. The attack occurred during an all-terrain car racing show in the San Vicente area of the city of Ensenada. Around 2:18 p.m. […]

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HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 22 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday a meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Japan fell through because Zelensky was late. “I had an interview, a bilateral one with Ukraine here in this room at 3:15 […]

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By Hannah Walsh BBC Online A memorial to an 18th Century slaver has been removed from a church. The plaque in St Peter’s, Dorchester, commemorates plantation owner John Gordon’s role in the deadly suppression of a slave uprising in Jamaica. The memorial has had a temporary cover since September 2020 when the parish council voted […]

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Police have indicted the former head of Brazil’s Indigenous protection agency for his alleged role in the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips. Police didn’t identify the official, named as Marcelo Xavier by state media. He was accused of “possible malice” for failing to act on information which police believe could have prevented Phillips’ death. […]

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ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The government of Antigua and Barbuda has been successful in its discussions with the United States concerning its application for a licence to proceed with the unfettered sale of the Super Yacht, Alfa Nero. This was revealed in a statement on Thursday by the country’s ambassador to the United States […]

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WASHINGTON, (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has released a new report that seeks to help countries in the Caribbean and the Americas strengthen emergency trauma services to prevent road traffic injuries from unnecessarily killing or permanently disabling people. PAHO said in the report titled ” Strengthening trauma emergency care in the Region […]

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BBC- At least twelve people have died after a crush at a football stadium in El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador, officials have said. The incident occurred during a match between local team Alianza and the Santa Ana-based team Fas at Cuscatlán Stadium. The match was subsequently suspended. President Nayib Bukele described the event as “unprecedented”, […]

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