MEXICO CITY, Mexico – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says regional countries have initiated the process to implement the Plan for Self-Sufficiency in Health Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, approved unanimously by the Heads of State and Government of the 32 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers have discussed the ongoing socio-economic and political situation in Haiti examining possible “modes” of intervention, according to a statement issued here by the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat.
LONDON, UK – The London-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International claims that Curaçaoan and Dutch authorities have violated the rights of Venezuelans seeking international protection in Curaçao.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jamaica and Guyana are among four Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries slated to benefit from 1.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines recently donated by the United States, Canada, Germany and Spain.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett will address the United nations Security Council on Friday when it meets to discuss the ongoing situation in Haiti, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States President Joe Biden on Friday allocated 15,000 refugee admissions from Latin America and the Caribbean “for special humanitarian concern” for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said Wednesday that while COVID-19 infections have generally declined in the Americas in the past week, “local trends remain worrisome.”
BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceno says Belize intends to benefit from the Tren Maya project that connects the entire south and southwest of Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration has announced new immigration enforcement priorities amid the Haitian migration crisis.
Washington, DC – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne today outlined key priorities to end the “most significant health crisis to affect our region in a century” and urged countries to work together to address the health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has warned the 54-member Commonwealth that it risks being divided over the re-election of the incumbent Secretary General, Patricia Scotland.
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says two-thirds of Haitian migrants expelled from the United States border in recent days are women and children, including newborns with “specific and immediate needs”.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Wednesday said that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has wrecked the economies of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping as the United States announced it is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world to one billion doses.
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