WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States President Joe Biden on Friday allocated 15,000 refugee admissions from Latin America and the Caribbean “for special humanitarian concern” for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. 

Washington, DC – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne today outlined key priorities to end the “most significant health crisis to affect our region in a century” and urged countries to work together to address the health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UNITED NATIONS – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are getting ready to debate this week in the 76^th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has proved to be the most challenging period the world has seen since the Second World War.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said Wednesday that while COVID-19 infections have generally declined in the Americas in the past week, “local trends remain worrisome.”

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has warned the 54-member Commonwealth that it risks being divided over the re-election of the incumbent Secretary General, Patricia Scotland.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico – The member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on Saturday unanimously approved the lines of action and proposals for a plan for self-sufficiency in health matters in Latin America and the Caribbean and gave the United Nations regional commission a mandate to further actions for its effective implementation.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceno says Belize intends to benefit from the Tren Maya project that connects the entire south and southwest of Mexico.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says two-thirds of Haitian migrants expelled from the United States border in recent days are women and children, including newborns with “specific and immediate needs”.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Carissa F. Etienne said Wednesday that COVID-19 has severely impacted the mental and physical health of children and adolescents in the Americas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration has announced new immigration enforcement priorities amid the Haitian migration crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Wednesday said that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has wrecked the economies of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping as the United States announced it is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world to one billion doses.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have reiterated their “firm and unwavering support” for Guyana in its border dispute with Venezuela in light of a recent move by Caracas to strengthen national support for ts claim to the ownership of a significant portion of the CARICOM country.