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Venezuela’s relations with close neighbors Guyana and Trinidad tanked further over the weekend, with stark warnings from the defense ministry of serious consequences if authorities allow the US to use their territories as a base to attack the South American nation. The warnings from Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López appeared to represent an escalation of tensions both with Venezuela and its Caribbean neighbors, as well as further rapid deterioration of […]

Bahamas Air has fired one of its captains after his first officer reported that she had found him using a vaping smoking device in the cockpit in Nassau, just minutes before a scheduled departure for Florida via local family islands. Calling it an isolated incident, the company said in a statement this week that the unnamed captain had been relieved of duties after his female first officer complained about the […]

In an effort to maintain current rules restricting people from strife-torn Haiti from entering The Bahamas, the Bahamian government has told the US government and Haitians that it will not allow Haitians to travel to the country to interview for American visas. The office of Prime Minister Phillip Davis said in a statement that a plan by the US to switch visa processing for Haitians to The Bahamas will not […]

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Congressional Black Caucus (CBU) Chair Yvette C. Clarke on Sept. 11 condemned what they described as “terroristic threats” against Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Several HBCUs in the South reported on Sept. 11 that they were on lockdown or canceled classes due to potential threats. “The violent threats made today against several Historically Black Colleges and Universities throughout the nation are despicable and […]

Former NFL player and political candidate Herschel Walker, who was nominated by the Trump administration to be the US ambassador to The Bahamas, has pledged to work toward reducing China’s growing influence in the Caribbean and to take steps to reduce international narcotics smuggling. Walker, who had lost his bid for a Georgia Senate seat in 2022 to Democrat Raphael Warnock, says he is ready to take up the position […]

Socavivor, the ultimate destination carnival series, is set to take Miami Carnival by storm next month, with six massive events over five days. Ronnie Tomlinson, the Brooklyn-based, Jamaican-born entertainment publicist, told Caribbean Life that, from Oct. 8 to Oct. 13, “carnival lovers from across the globe will immerse themselves in the vibrant energy, music, and culture that only Socavivor can deliver. “Known as ‘Di Ultimate Carnival Adventure,’ Socavivor has built […]

The San Diego-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) has condemned a United States Appeals Court ruling that greenlights President Trump’s mass revocation of lawful status and work authorization from hundreds of thousands of parole beneficiaries Haiti, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on Sept. 12 sided with the Trump administration in Svitlana Doe v. Noem, ruling that the administration’s termination of humanitarian parole was […]

Queens Democratic Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, the ranking member of the US House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee, is demanding answers from the Trump administration for the legal justification for the US Armed Forces’ strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean Sea. “I am deeply concerned by the Trump administration’s shifting narratives, contradictory facts, and utter failure to provide a legal justification for this strike,” Meeks, who represents […]