Islamic State magazine showcases Caribbean Jihadis thwarting local police
By by FRANCES MARTEL From Breitbart The latest issue of the Islamic State (ISIS) magazine, Dabiq, features two stories on jihadis based in the Caribbean – one an interview, one an obituary – encouraging Caribbean islanders to abandon Christianity and…
Homegrown Zika raises more questions about the evolving risk
By The Associated Press From Caribbean Business WASHINGTON – Homegrown mosquitoes apparently have infected four people in the Miami area with Zika and now it’s up to tried-and-true public health measures to stamp out the birth defect-causing virus before it…
Latin America-Caribbean Region at bottom of Gallup’s ‘Law and Order Index’
By Terence P. Jeffrey From CNSNews A mural of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Sabaneta, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Fernando Llando) (CNSNews.com) – Latin America and the Caribbean–the global region south of the United States–has the lowest “Law and Order Index”…
Two UWI professors to serve on council of International AIDS Society
BY ANIKA RICHARDS From Jamaica Observer DURBAN, South Africa — Two professors of paediatrics at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, are to serve on the International AIDS Society’s (IAS) governing council for the next four years. Professors…
Turks and Caicos Islands has one of the fastest growing populations in the Caribbean
The population of the Turks and Caicos Islands could reach 55,498 people by the year 2027 – compared with 32,199 in 2012 – according to the medium projection in a joint report launched today by the Economic Commission for Latin…
Woman found to spread Zika through sex for 1st time
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer From WRAL NEW YORK — A New York City woman infected her male partner with Zika virus through sex, the first time female-to-male transmission of the germ has been documented. Zika is usually spread…
ECLAC wants continued development assistance to middle-income countries in the Caribbean
From Antigua Observer SANTIAGO, Chile, Jul. 3, CMC – The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, says middle-income countries in the region should continue receiving official development assistance (ODA) to be…
Stockholm tops Ericsson Networked Society City Index 2016
Stockholm leads London, Copenhagen, Singapore and Paris in Networked Society City Index 2016 São Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City are the only Latin America cities ranked on the index Index measures the performance of 41 cities in sustainable urban…
Ricardo Gomez joins IPSA International as Latin America & Caribbean Regional Head
NEW YORK, June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — IPSA International (IPSA), a root9B Technologies (OTCQB: RTNB) company and leading regulatory risk mitigation firm, has appointed Ricardo Gomez as Senior Managing Director, Latin America and Caribbean, based in Miami, Florida. Mr. Gomez…
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The View from Europe: A helpful confluence of events
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now It is clear from a recent visit to Washington that there is a renewed interest in the Caribbean and that its concerns are back on the US agenda. How this has come about…
