Laurent Saint-Cyr speaks after the transitional council named him president of the council in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. December 2, 2025 Gang-destabilised Haiti took a major step on Tuesday toward holding its first elections in nearly a decade after transitional authorities announced the Caribbean country would hold a vote next summer. The first round of a general election is … Continue reading Haiti sets August 2026 date for first general elections in a decade
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CASTRIES, Dec 1 (Reuters) - St. Lucian Prime Minister Philip Pierre's Labour Party (SLP) held its legislative majority on Monday, putting Pierre on course for reelection after a campaign centered on economic management, violent crime and passport sales. Shortly after 10 p.m. (0200 GMT), official election results showed the social democratic SLP winning at least … Continue reading St. Lucia’s Pierre re-elected PM, ruling party holds majority
Dr. Goodwin Friday Friday, 28 November 2025, by Denis Chabrol KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Nov 27, CMC – The New Democratic Party (NDP) stormed to an almost total landslide victory in Thursday’s general election, with preliminary results showing that the party had won 14 of the 15 seats in the Parliament. In the process, the NDP prevented … Continue reading St Vincent’s Ralph Gonsalves suffers crushing defeat after 25 years in office
By News Source Guyana on November 19, 2025 Citing the just released final report of the European Union Election Observer Mission for the Guyana Elections 2025, Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Sébastien Sigouin, has issued a call on Guyanese to speak up and call for action to be taken to make the country’s electoral process truly free … Continue reading Canadian envoy urges Guyanese to demand Electoral process changes
By Bert Wilkinson, November 10, 2025 Two neighboring nations in the Eastern Caribbean are preparing to hold general elections before the end of the year, making 2025 one of the busiest years on record for polls, officials said. The latest is St. Lucia, where Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre addressed the nation late Sunday, naming … Continue reading Two more elections in CARICOM bloc
November 5, 2025 The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert R. Ramdin, today presented to the institution’s Permanent Council the update (version 3) of the Roadmap for Stability and Peace in Haiti — a comprehensive plan to restore stability in Haiti and put the country on the path to development and prosperity. The … Continue reading OAS Secretary General Presents Update of the Roadmap on Haiti to the Permanent Council and Calls to “Act with Urgency”
Haiti’s electoral council said ongoing violence and lack of funds make holding elections ‘materially impossible,’ an apparent failure in filling the mandate that ushered in the transitional government by Juhakenson Blaise Nov. 04, 2025 Overview: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has announced that due to persistent insecurity and the lack of guaranteed funding, holding elections in … Continue reading Haiti elections ‘impossible’ by 2026 government turnover deadline
by Juhakenson Blaise Oct. 07, 2025 The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Haiti, Henry Wooster, warned Haiti’s transitional authorities that their “positions are not for life,” pressing them to submit a detailed electoral plan Overview: With four months left in Haiti’s transitional government mandate, U.S. diplomat Henry Wooster is pressuring Haitian authorities to set a clear electoral … Continue reading US pressures Haiti transitional government to organize elections
Guyana and Jamaica have recently held national elections. In the past both countries have experienced serious issues related to their electoral processes. Guyana has seen ethnic divisions spill over into deadly clashes between Indo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese elements. Jamaica's experience with party-aligned gang garrison communities resulted in deadly turf wars in the past. It is a … Continue reading CARICOM Observers find Guyana and Jamaica elections worked well
Irfaan Ali will be tasked with turning the profits of Guyana’s 2019 oil boom into prosperity for its citizens September 4, 2025 Guyana’s president, Irfaan Ali, has proclaimed victory in this week’s general and regional elections after his party won more than 240,000 votes and seven of the country’s ten electoral districts. “The results are … Continue reading Guyana’s president claims victory in election held amid newfound oil riches