BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados and Kenya have signed three major agreements, including two related to air travel and trade between the two countries.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica Monday began three days of national mourning for its first prime minister, Patrick Roland John, who died on July 6. He was 84 years old.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico – President Irfaan Ali told the 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on Saturday that his country is committed to providing strong leadership on issues such as climate change and food security.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government, acknowledging that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic “is far from over” says it has initiated a second stimulus package that will benefit a wide cross-section of the population, particularly those who are most vulnerable.

UNITED NATIONS – As thousands of Haitian migrants are being deported from the United States southern border in Texas, Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry says that as long as there is inequality, migration will continue. 

NASSAU, Bahamas – Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis has conceded defeat in Thursday’s general election saying that he had already telephoned the leader of the main opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Phillip “Brave” Davis to congratulate him on his party’s electoral victory.

SANTIAGO, Chile –Ministers of Women’s Affairs and other delegates attending the 61^st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean have made an urgent call for investing in the region’s “care economy.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago is celebrating its 45^th anniversary as a republic with President Paula Mae Weekes calling for a “frank, dispassionate and throughout assessment” of country’s development since 1976, while, not unexpected, the two main political leaders differed in their messages to the population.

MIAMI, Florida – Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, a piece of one of the most significant events in History is up for sale in Miami, Florida: the Bell of the Santa Maria, the flagship that led Christopher Columbus’s expedition to the Americas in 1492.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Vulnerable Haitian men, women and children on the move in the Americas, should not be expelled from countries where they have found shelter, UN agencies said in a protection appeal on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Tuesday said it will provide up to one million dollars to support countering trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Trinidad and Tobago.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a notice extending Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries from Haiti and some other countries until December 31, 2022.