Cuba Sovereignty Debate Raises Caribbean Concerns By Anthony Joseph For the people of the Caribbean, independence has always carried a meaning far deeper than ceremonies, constitutions, or national flags. Independence represents dignity. It represents the right of a people to chart their own course, govern their own affairs, and determine their own future without intimidation […]
US soldier won $400K betting on Maduro’s kidnapping A US Army soldier has been charged by federal prosecutors after allegedly using classified military information to place lucrative bets on a prediction market tied to a US operation involving Venezuela’s leadership. Authorities say the case represents a serious breach of national security and public trust. The […]
Justice Advances in Jovenel Moïse Assassination Case A federal court in Miami has found four men guilty in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, bringing a major development in the international investigation into the 2021 killing that shocked Haiti and the wider Caribbean. The United States Department of Justice announced Friday that […]
Ceasefire With Iran Raises Hard Questions The declaration of a “complete victory” by U.S. President Donald Trump following the abrupt ceasefire with Iran raises a fundamental question: victory for whom, and at what cost? The language of triumph may satisfy political instincts at home, but when measured against the facts emerging from the negotiations, the […]
Guyana Defends Seismic Survey in Essequibo Waters Guyana said last Thursday that Venezuela has no legal authority over waters off the Essequibo Region, arguing that the land boundary between the two countries was settled in 1899 and that nothing prevents the South American nation from conducting a 3D seismic survey of a 25,000-square-kilometre offshore area […]
President Trump has signed security alliance with Latin American and Caribbean countries United States President Donald Trump along with the leaders of Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana and ten countries in Latin America have signed a major regional security alliance aimed at eradicating drug cartels across the Western Hemisphere. The military alliance, known as the Americas Counter-Cartel […]
Uncertainty hung over Castries on Monday as Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre acknowledged fatalities linked to a recent United States military operation in the Caribbean Sea, while stressing that key details remain unconfirmed. In a statement, Pierre said his administration is “actively engaging through established diplomatic and security channels” following reports that alarmed citizens across […]
It happened fast. So fast that most people barely noticed.In the space of a single weekend, a sitting head of state was removed from office, extracted from his own country and placed before an American court. There was no congressional debate, no United Nations resolution, no declaration of war. By the following week, oil shipments […]
Caribbean Independence Tested in Rising Hemispheric Tensions For many Caribbean nations, independence was never merely a legal status. It was a hard-won achievement carved out over generations of struggle against colonial rule and external interference. Yet today, that hard-fought autonomy faces perhaps its most pressing test in decades as aggressive military activity tied to escalating […]
Recent geopolitical developments in Venezuela have rattled travel plans across the Caribbean, prompting widespread flight disruptions and raising questions for vacationers during one of the region’s busiest travel seasons. On Jan. 3, the United States launched a significant military operation in Venezuela that culminated in the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was kidnapped […]
