Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- According to the United Nations, Africa and the Caribbean are facing a hunger crisis in 2023. As reported in the Overview of Food Security and Nutrition report, world hunger rose from 8.3% in 2019 to 9.3% in 2020, and again to 9.8% in 2021. Undernourishment now affects 46 million people, despite […]
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Avellon Williams VENEZUELA- In a statement on Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that he was canceling his trip to Argentina for the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), saying “the neo-fascist right” is planning to disrupt his visit. Maduro explained his decision by saying he is being targeted by “extravagant […]
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Avellon Williams BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA — According to Colombia’s human rights watchdog, 215 human rights advocates died last year, the highest death toll since a 2016 peace accord with leftist rebels. One of the last victims of 2022 was José Ricaurte Quintero, founder of the Maná Survivors Association. In December, he was assassinated on the street in Armenia. During Colombia’s […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- Almost four months after cholera reappeared in this French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member, 496 people have died. According to the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), the country has already registered 25,182 suspected cases and 21,407 hospitalizations, 73 of them new; 312 of the 496 deaths have occurred in hospitals and […]
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Avellon Williams PARIS- Following reports that Burkina Faso authorities have ordered French troops to leave within a month, French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he’s waiting for clarifications from the new regime’s leader. With junta leader Ibrahim Traore away from the capital, Ouagadougou, Macron called the message from Burkina Faso “confusing.” According to Burkina Faso’s national […]
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Avellon Williams DOMINICA- Officials say a Dominica man lost at sea for almost a month survived by eating ketchup, garlic powder, and Maggi seasoning cubes. During his 24 days out in the Caribbean, Elvis Francois consumed rainwater he scooped up with a cloth. Colombian authorities said the 47-year-old lost his boat off St. Martin in the […]
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Avellon Williams SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – After meeting behind closed doors for nearly two hours, Puerto Rico’s power company’s board of directors formally approved a plan to privatize the island’s power generation. Puerto Ricans are angry and exasperated with the secrecy surrounding the push to privatize the operation and maintenance of generation units. No details were […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- There are many similarities between Rwanda and Haiti. It is no secret that both countries have faced challenges that seemed insurmountable, characterized by devastation, human loss, and catastrophes. While amidst all those struggles and trials, the people of both countries have been resilient to fight on, go against the odds, and triumph. […]
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Avellon Williams BARBADOS- Caribbean countries’ Gross Financial Needs (GFN) is likely to remain elevated to 2030 largely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing their need for external financing to maintain debt sustainability. At the annual news conference held on January 18, at the institution’s headquarters in Bridgetown, Barbados, the President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Hyginus “Gene” […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- In 2022, 36 migrants died trying to cross the Darien jungle, on the border between Panama and Colombia, one of the world’s most dangerous routes, according to the International Organization for Migration. According to the IOM, the figure derived from the Missing Migrants Project (which provides daily updates on people who […]
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