January 5, 2026 (Trinidad Express) “Today just like yesterday was a normal day in Trinidad and Tobago. What happened in Venezuela had nothing to do with Trinidad and Tobago. Citizens just like myself went about our normal business.” So said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday, in response to concerns about her whereabouts and her failure … Continue reading Trinidad PM: Caribbean politicians linked to Maduro drug case will be exposed
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Prof. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith recently delivered the 21st Sir Archibald Nedd Memorial Lecture to the Grenada Bar Association. The video of this event is now available. Well worth a viewing. https://youtu.be/qawH-j6nET8
The Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University along with the Caribbean Policy Consortium is holding a webinar on the recent tensions across the Americas. As political shifts in the United States continue to reshape foreign policy, ripple effects are being felt across the Americas—from trade relations to counternarcotics efforts to broader regional … Continue reading “New Dynamics in the Americas: Counter-Narcotics? Counter-Regimes?”
The University of Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Criminology and Public Safety publishes a quarterly newsletter. Their recent "Spotlight on Crime and Public Safety" features a number of abstracts from student projects. The Table of Contents of the publication can be viewed below. The CCI Research Symposium this year is on the general topic of … Continue reading University of Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Criminology and Public Safety
October 21, 2025 By Caribbean News Global CASTRIES, St Lucia – Amid the imminent general elections, Minister for Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy and Minister for Justice and National Security, Philip J. Pierre, citizen and regional security are overriding challenges facing economic and social progress. RSS Security chiefs from the eight regional member states and partner … Continue reading Overriding security challenges facing the RSS region
The CARICOM IMPACS has posted on LinkedIn the release of a new paper published in The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, December 2025 on Firearm-related violence in the Caribbean. This article explores the social, economic, and institutional factors fueling this crisis while outlining potential pathways forward. #CARICOMIMPACS invites and encourages all to read, reflect, and … Continue reading Firearm-related violence in the Caribbean is a complex systemic issue: how do we move towards a solution?
The recent UN General Assembly saw several CARICOM leaders wrestle with the longstanding issue of the role of Venezuela in the region as well as the more recent U.S. military actions notionally targeted at Venezuelan drug gangs. In their speeches some reiterated the long-standing mantra that the Caribbean is a Zone of Peace. Others refuted … Continue reading The Caribbean is a zone of…
Kevin Davis is the Beller Family Professor of Business Law at NYU School of Law, where his research focuses on the relationship between law and economic development, corruption, and the use of foreign law in domestic contexts. His recent paper, The Significance of Foreign Law: A Jamaican Case Study, explores how laws originating outside Jamaica have influenced … Continue reading Video Available: “Do foreign laws influence homicide rates in Jamaica”: A presentation by Prof. Kevin Davis
Presented by U of T Centre for Caribbean Studies and the CCI Dear Students, Colleagues, and Friends, You are warmly invited to join us for a hybrid event: Do Foreign Laws Influence Homicide Rates in Jamaica?Presented by: Professor Kevin Davis (New York University School of Law)📅 Monday, October 6, 2025🕛 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM📍 William Doo Auditorium, 45 … Continue reading Kevin Davis: Do foreign laws influence homicide rates in Jamaica?
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in close cooperation with the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS), conducted a high-level national training course in Belize focused on illicit firearms trafficking and criminal justice responses. Held from 22 to 24 July 2025, the initiative forms part of broader regional … Continue reading Belize ramps up fight against firearms trafficking with UN, CARICOM support