JetBlue Leaving International Airport

JetBlue will end service on a route it began less than a year ago in 2026. With this cut, the New York-based airline will also completely exit this airport. Early next year, the carrier will no longer serve the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire,...

Fear Pushes Latin America’s Dollars Home as Migrants Race Deportation and New Taxes

A new kind of border rush isn’t happening at checkpoints—it’s unfolding at cash counters and phone apps. As deportations rise and new taxes loom, migrants are wiring money home at record speed. Fear is driving dollars, and Latin America’s most...

Trump to repatriate two survivors of strike on alleged ‘drugs sub’ destroyed in Caribbean

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Polack Post: Caribbean Prosecutions – Justice For All ?

Peter Polack By Peter Polack It was recently reported in the Cayman Islands that a former convicted lawyer and football official was employed under the Deputy Governor Second Chances program with the fire service. This is an exemplary program that...

Top Black US military commander steps down amid Trump’s deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea

One of the U.S. military’s top commanders is stepping down after less than a year in his new post, announcing an early retirement from the force. Admiral Alvin Holsey, who is Black, is a four-star commander who heads the U.S. Southern Command,...

PNP calls on Caricom chair Holness to address US military strikes in Caribbean

People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Foreign, Regional and Diaspora Affairs, Senator Donna Scott-Mottley, is calling on Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in his capacity as chairman of Caricom, to consult member states to forge a unified...

U.S. returning Caribbean strike survivors to Colombia and Ecuador: Trump

“The two surviving terrorists are being returned to their Countries of origin, Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution,” U.S. President Trump said on Truth Social. File. | Photo Credit: AP The United States is sending the two survivors...

Caribbean, US visitors lament visa, flight difficulties while coming to Nigeria

No fewer than 100 foreign nationals of African descent from 18 countries, mostly from the Caribbean and the United States, have lamented the stress and difficulties they faced in travelling to Nigeria for tourism, investment discussions and...

US returning Caribbean strike survivors

The United States is sending the two survivors of a strike in the Caribbean to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador to be detained and prosecuted. The move, which was first reported by Reuters, means that the US military will not have to...

CARICOM reaffirms Caribbean as Zone of Peace; T&T reserves position

The wider Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM) has re­it­er­at­ed its po­si­tion that the Caribbean must re­main a ‘zone of peace’. In a re­lease is­sued to­day, CARI­COM said lead­ers “dis­cussed the in­creased se­cu­ri­ty build-up in the Caribbean...

US returning Caribbean strike survivors to Colombia and Ecuador, Trump says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is sending the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador to be detained and prosecuted, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday. The move, which...

Trinidad and Tobago reserves position as CARICOM reaffirms Caribbean as Zone of Peace

68 All Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with the exception of Trinidad and Tobago, have reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. Trinidad and Tobago reserved its position on the issues...

IMF Warns Latin America and Caribbean About Two Drivers, One Car Syndrome.

- Advertisement - Latin America and the Caribbean are facing slower growth and lingering inflation, according to the IMF’s latest Regional Economic Outlook. The report urges governments to stabilize public debt, improve tax systems, and better...

Washington’s New Frontline: The Caribbean Emerges as a Test of U.S. Power

These actions are the latest installments in a mounting campaign the U.S. launched in early September, signaling a shift from isolated interdictions into sustained military pressure. On September 2, U.S. forces struck a vessel in international...

Our Best Stuff From Another Week of the Government Shutdown

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Hispanic Heritage Month: How Latin Americans Shape the U.S.

Photo: Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library. October 18, 2025 Hour: 6:47 am National Hispanic Heritage Month is a significant celebration in the United States, observed annually from September 15 to October 15. This month-long celebration...

US military to move survivors of strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean to nearby countries

The Trump administration is moving to send the two survivors of Thursday’s strike in the Caribbean overseas rather than seek long-term military detention for them, four US officials and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday....

CARICOM says drug fight must be in conformity with international law, Trinidad reserves position

In the backdrop of the US military buildup in the Southern Caribbean and its blowing up of suspected narco boats, CARICOM today said that the fight against drug trafficking must be within international law, a stance that Trinidad and Tobago...

Criminal Networks and Insiders Drive Maritime Cocaine Trafficking in Latin America

According to the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) 2025 report, criminal networks are increasingly infiltrating maritime logistics chains. The report details how corrupt port and logistics workers facilitate the massive movement of cocaine...

Economist: Many conflicting trends at present

By Jerry Hagtrom, The Hagstrom Report ANAHEIM, Calif. — Consumer spending in the United States remains high, but that spending is not spread out among all income levels as it has been in the past, Arjun Chakravarti, managing partner at Cogknition...