The African Energy Chamber is accelerating its partnership with Venezuela through a structured cooperation framework, targeting upstream recovery, gas monetiSation, investment flows and training exchanges to expand South-South integrationVENEZUELA / SOUTH AFRICA – The African Energy Chamber (AEC) an
WASHINGTON, USA, (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with the ministry of health of Brazil and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), is supporting a strategic technical cooperation initiative aimed at strengthening field epidemiology training
GENEVA, Switzerland – Senior executives from leading global shipping companies and industry groups underlined growing operational and economic challenges to goods trade during a 28 May meeting with WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. They noted that, while global supply chains have demonstrate
By CARICOM SecretariatGEORGWTOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) expresses its profound concern regarding the ongoing and intensifying economic, commercial, and financial measures imposed upon the Republic of Cuba.The COFCOR reminds th
WASHINGTON, USA – Earlier this month, chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China released a new report examining NASA’s research security compliance and its enforcement of the Wolf Amendment, which prohibits NASA-funded bilateral research and activities with China without specific auth
In a country where deprivation is the norm, the situation is exacerbated by deteriorating infrastructure and the U.S. fuel embargo. People are hungry and the Church is striving to meet their needs.By Eduardo BerdejoThe president of the Cuban Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Marcelo González Amador, said
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has built a solid track record of investing in education, and it has a clear opportunity to ensure that investment translates into the skills students need in the world of work, according to a World Bank Education Public Expenditure Review released today during the la
The Action Plan is designed to unlock greater co-financing opportunities, improve access to concessional resources, and strengthen the technical capacity of regional governments. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Caribbean countries stand to benefit from a joint Action Plan between Caribbean Development Bank (C
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — IDB Invest has signed a financing agreement of up to $30 million with Trinidad Tissues Limited (TTL) – one of the largest integrated tissue manufacturers in the Caribbean, with a strong regional distribution platform and growing export footprint – to help expand its operations
WASHINGTON, USA – The Organization of American States (OAS) and Paraguay’s National Directorate of Public Procurement (DNCP) today signed a cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening public sector performance through more strategic, effective, and transparent public procurement management, during
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (IICA) – The 20th edition of the Caribbean Week ofAgriculture –entitled “The New Face of Caribbean Food Systems” – will be held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 27 September to 2 October. The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will be one of its organisers.Th
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) – The Anti-Imperialist Tribunal in Havana was the site of a popular demonstration rejecting the indictment filed by the US Department of Justice against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz for the downing of a Brothers to the Rescue plane in 1996.US imposes further sanctions on Cuban re
Guyana to launch a special diaspora bond within one weekFrom July 1, 2026, citizens of Guyana-Barbados will be able to travel using only their digital ID cardsGuyana is advancing talks to digitally connect Guyana-Barbados financial systems Barbados announced plans for the proposed Trident Arrow Inve
– Six-week Operation Orca XI led to more than 8,700 arrests across Central America, South America, and the Caribbean WASHINGTON, USA – Twenty countries in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean seized 3,308 illegal firearms and 56 tonnes of illegal drugs in a major police operation, coor
