Developments today indicate that next week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting may generate more sparks than usual on the issue of Reparations. UK Prime Minister Burnham issued a "Statement" in the Guardian newspaper saying that the UK was open to discussions around an appropriate apology for its role in trans-Atlantic slavery, but was clear that … Continue reading CHOGM and Reparations: Deep divisions already evident
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A fascinating story in Politico Europe this morning about Britain's likely approach to the Reparations issue at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Antigua. October 30, 2026 The upcoming summit of Commonwealth countries threatens a reckoning with Britain’s imperial past — and a baptism of fire for its new prime minister. By DAN … Continue reading Burnham tries to avoid a slavery reparations ‘disaster’
The CCI Policy Panel on the UN held October 27, 2026 focussed on these issues. See United Nations Future Agenda: Challenges, Reform and Global Leadership October 28, 2026 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) – At their 44th Intersessional Meeting held on 23 October 2026, the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) … Continue reading Statement by the Caribbean Community on the selection process for the position of United Nations Secretary-General
The monarch is preparing for what could be a very difficult nine days October 25, 2026 by Gemma Strong ing Charles has undertaken over 100 foreign trips and overseas tours, spanning his time as Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, and finally as the reigning monarch. But his visit to the Caribbean next week is … Continue reading King Charles facing the ‘biggest risk of his reign’
October 7th, 2026 One year after four CARICOM countries began allowing their nationals to move more freely across their borders, 939 people have been processed under the arrangement, with hundreds gaining the right to remain indefinitely. The initiative, which took effect on October 1, 2025, involves Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines … Continue reading 939 CARICOM nationals processed under four-country free movement arrangement
October 13, 2026 Thomas Monteiro CAPSS has entered its pilot phase, bringing real-time local currency payments to 11 Caribbean nations. This article appears in the October issue of Global Finance Magazine. The long-awaited CARICOM Payment and Settlement System (CAPSS), designed to transform cross-border payment settlement across the Caribbean, has entered its pilot phase, putting the … Continue reading The Caribbean’s Payment Rail Moves to Pilot
October 9, 2026 CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, on Thursday outlined the Community’s strategic priorities for regional integration amid growing geopolitical uncertainty, technological disruption, climate change, and competition for investment and productive capabilities. The Secretary-General identified food and energy security, transportation and connectivity, productive transformation, and digital transformation, as the key areas for advancing the … Continue reading At 41st ECLAC Session, CARICOM Secretary-General identifies regional integration priorities in current global environment
October 9, 2026 Nand C. Bardouille For more than five decades, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states have sought to turn their vulnerability as small states into collective strength. That effort is now under strain—perhaps like never before. The second Trump administration is prompting the bloc’s 14 sovereign member states to take fundamentally different approaches to … Continue reading CARICOM Has a Great-Power Problem
Ernesto Cooke, 4 Oct 2026 While the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has achieved notable progress on single market initiatives, small island developing states face distinct demographic, administrative, and structural challenges in implementing full regional freedom of movement. Speaking during the 5th Distinguished Owen S. Arthur Memorial Lecture and an accompanying dialogue at the University of the … Continue reading Small states face many hurdles in CARICOM free movement
September 29 2026 By Dr. Nand C. Bardouille For the second year in a row, two leading Caribbean voices laid bare disparate paradigms on international cooperation and multilateralism. Speaking with an eye toward their respective countries’ and the region’s most pressing transnational challenges, they shared their visions for all the world to see. Trinidad … Continue reading Caribbean Leaders deeply divided over multilateralism