It Is Getting Better in the Air Near Venezuela By Stephen Weir For weeks, uncertainty hung over Caribbean travel as heightened U.S. military activity around Venezuela triggered airspace restrictions that disrupted flights across the region. Travellers heading to destinations such as Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and several Eastern Caribbean islands found themselves rethinking plans amid […]
By Charles Agard On any given morning, ships still drift past the Gulf of Paria as they always have, carrying the illusion that geography guarantees stability. Trinidad and Tobago sits close enough to Venezuela to feel its tremors, yet long accustomed to believing proximity could be managed with diplomacy, trade, and discretion. That belief has […]
In a period marked by shifting global alliances and heightened regional tension, Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has framed leadership as an exercise in restraint rather than bravado. Speaking publicly last Wednesday, he underscored that his foremost obligation is to protect Jamaica from avoidable danger while guiding the country through uncertain terrain. Holness was addressing […]
The dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his residence in Caracas in early January 2026 did not occur in a vacuum. Nor was it an aberration. Rather, it marked a moment many observers believe will come to define a new and dangerous phase in global politics—one in which international law, sovereignty, and diplomatic […]
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 […]
Editorial for Jan. 7 2026 The world is entering a dangerous and unfamiliar moment. The world is entering a dangerous and unfamiliar moment, one in which long-standing alliances are being tested not by external rivals, but by the conduct of their own leaders. For Caribbean Canadians, many of us shaped by colonial histories, strategic bargaining, […]
A defiant Nicolás Maduro stood before a Manhattan courtroom on Monday and declared himself the legitimate leader of Venezuela, rejecting sweeping U.S. drug trafficking charges that Washington has used to justify his dramatic removal from power. “I am innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the president of my country,” Maduro said […]
Caribbean Community leaders convened an emergency meeting early Saturday as shockwaves rippled across the region following the United States’ bombing of Venezuelan military installations and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, an action confirmed by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a statement issued after the emergency session, the 15-member Caribbean […]
What to know about the reported U.S. military attack on Venezuela A dramatic series of claims from Washington early Saturday sent shockwaves through diplomatic, military and financial circles, as President Donald Trump announced what he described as a large-scale U.S. military operation in Venezuela, including the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and a temporary […]
Calls Grow for Accountability After U.S. Lawmakers Demand Probe Into Deadly Caribbean Boat Strikes Members of the U.S. Congress are calling for criminal investigations into a controversial series of American missile strikes targeting boats in Caribbean and eastern Pacific waters, raising urgent questions about legality, accountability, and the value placed on Caribbean lives. Two senior […]
