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.

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.

Miami, FL – “Yesterday, the Office of State Representative Kevin Chambliss, along with the Homestead Haitian Ministerial Alliance and the Office of U.S. Congressman Carlos Giménez, hosted a constituent services workshop focused on aiding the South Dade Haitian Community and their families recover and rebuild from months of political chaos and most recently a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

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.

BRIDGETOWN Barbados – The Secretary General of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Tuesday said multilateralism is the appropriate, if not only, framework for effectively meeting global challenges, such as threats to peace and security, the fight against terrorism, violent extremism, organized crime, pandemics, and the ongoing crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.

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 – Haiti says it will end on Friday the search and rescue operations more than two weeks after a powerful earthquake struck the southern part of the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, killing more than 2, 200 people and 300 others missing and now feared dead.