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Montevideo, January 8th 2026 - 00:48 UTC

Tag: Caribbean

  • Saturday, December 27th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Panama to sanction tankers intercepted by US

    These vessels “failed to respect Panamanian maritime legislation,” Martínez-Acha explained

    The Government of Panama will take disciplinary action against several oil tankers registered under its flag targeted by the United States for alleged irregularities, Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha announced Friday. These vessels “failed to respect Panamanian maritime legislation,” he explained.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 10:07 UTC

    USS Gerald Ford in the Caribbean sparks Venezuelan military mobilization

    The USS Gerald Ford was deployed from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean to up the ante against alleged drug traffickers in the area

    The USS Gerald Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, reinforcing the US military presence in Latin America for what the Pentagon claims is an operation to combat drug trafficking.

  • Saturday, October 25th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    US strike kills six on Caribbean boat

    So far, 43 alleged drug traffickers have been killed by US operations north of South America

    The US military conducted a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel in international waters overnight Thursday, killing six people described as “narco-terrorists,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 18:59 UTC

    US hits another vessel near Venezuela, killing 4

    Hegseth posted a video of the attack

    US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday that his country's forces carried out a lethal and kinetic attack ordered by President Donald Trump against a “drug trafficking vessel affiliated with designated terrorist organizations” near the coast of Venezuela.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 18:53 UTC

    PAHO insists on the importance of universal access to care

    Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) can significantly improve health systems' response to achieve more equitable outcomes,” Barbosa said

    The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) released a report Tuesday warning about the need to bolster public health capacities to ensure universal health access, equity, and resilience against challenges like Covid-19. The “Implementation of the Essential Public Health Functions in the Americas: Evaluation and Strengthening of Capacities” study was based on evaluations in 14 countries between 2021 and 2023.

  • Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Caribbean countries: a big player in many crucial areas, IDB says

    The region’s experience, expertise, resilience, and leading role in climate preparedness is an example for the world,” Goldfajn said

    The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group concluded after its XII Annual Consultation meeting with Governors of IDB Caribbean members on Feb. 23 and 24 in Georgetown that the Caribbean might be small in size but is nonetheless a “big player” in many crucial areas, it was reported from the Guyanese capital.

  • Wednesday, October 25th 2023 - 16:22 UTC

    EU calls for immediate repeal of “golden passports” proliferation among Caribbean countries

    The trade of the “golden passports” has proliferated with five Caribbean states revealing they sold citizenship to 88,000 individuals from countries including Iran, Russia, Bielorussia and China

    The European Commission has urged Member States to immediately repeal any existing investor citizenship schemes and to ensure strong checks are in place to address the risks posed by investor residence schemes. The Commission has frequently and consistently raised its serious concerns about investor citizenship and residence schemes and the inherent risks they pose. The latest recommendation forms part of the Commission's broader policy to take determined action on these schemes. The current context of the Russian aggression against Ukraine is once again highlighting these risks.

  • Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Foreign Secretary in 4-country tour of Latin America and Caribbean to cement partnerships

    The Foreign Secretary visiting a mangrove restoration project in South Clarendon during his visit to Jamaica

    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, and the links between our people.

  • Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

    Barbados to become a republic November 2021; the Caribbean nation is expected to remain in the Commonwealth

    An ex colony that gained independence in 1966, Barbados has maintained a formal link with the monarchy as have other countries once part of the British empire

    The Caribbean island of Barbados wants to remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, the government has said, reviving a plan mooted several times in the past.

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

    Major quake in the Caribbean, northwest of Jamaica

    The US agency said the quake hit at a depth of 10 kilometers, at 1910 GMT - 125 kilometers northwest of Lucea, Jamaica.

    A major 7.7 magnitude quake struck on Tuesday in the Caribbean northwest of Jamaica, the US Geological Survey reported, raising the risk of tsunami waves in the region.

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