This desk covers domestic politics in CARICOM Member States, in addition to the foreign policy issues that influence, or are influenced by, the Caribbean region
In an indictment on the politics of the Progressive Liberal Party, voters in The Bahamas have delivered a crushing blow to the PLP’s political hierarchy in almost every constituency in the Commonwealth
After taking on large amounts of Venezuelan debt under the Chavez-era PetroCaribe agreement, some Caribbean governments are now hopelessly compromised in responding to the Maduro regime’s freefall
Funding under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief will be cut for several Caribbean countries, leaving a significant gap in the regional HIV/AIDS response
In his administration’s final days, President Obama has signed a bipartisan bill mandating the State Department and US development agency to create an actionable Caribbean strategy
The international community’s insistence that Haiti should have a democratically-elected government is warranted, but so too is their responsibility to rebuild the country.
The list of economic challenges facing Cuba’s present and future leadership is daunting, and may well result in new uncertainties in a country with an economy in a slow transition
