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Cayman National Trust calls EGM re judicial review of CPR
THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING WHAT: The National Trust Chairman has called an Extraordinary General Meeting (“the EGM”) as per section 7(2) of the National Trust Bye-Laws (2015), for the purpose of discussing Trust Council’s actions in bringing…
Venezuelans in Guyana grapple with wage slavery
By ALVA SOLOMON From CIJN Wage discrimination and abuse leaves Venezuelan refugees with a bad taste for Guyana CHARITY, Guyana “They promised me a salary but I was treated like a slave.” – Rosalinda Mercano, Venezuelan refugee Human trafficking of Venezuelans…
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PetroCaribe Country Report: Haiti
By INGRID ARNESEN From CIJN The PetroCaribe accord offered Haiti a unique chance to turn around economically. “It was a Bonanza!” – Kesner Pharrell, leading Haitian Economist. CIJN Interview Summary Decades of violent political rivalries and instability, devastating natural disasters, and a…
PetroCaribe Country Report: Dominica
By DALE ELLIOTT From CIJN With A Little Help From My Friends — How a Tiny Island Weathered Hurricanes and Storms of Political Controversy In March 2015, at a PetroCaribe Summit, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reaffirmed his commitment to the 17…
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Venezuela, PetroCaribe, and the “Orgy of Corruption”
By INGRID ARNESEN, JIM CLANCY, DALE ELLIOTT and KIMONE FRANCI From CIJN How An Oil Alliance Founded by then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Confront U.S. Influence in the Caribbean Collapsed into Broken Deals, Dashed Hopes and Rampant Corruption. Hugo Chavez, then the Venezuelan President, sat…
The ISIS phenomenon in Trinidad and Tobago
By CIJN STAFF WRITERS AND CONTRIBUTORS Trinidad and Tobago is a twin island republic known as the birthplace of steelpan and calypso. The oil-rich nation of Trinidad and Tobago is the western world’s highest per capita supplier of ISIS recruits. What…
Sex trafficking in plain sight
By MARK BASSANT From CIJN How The Refugee Crisis In Venezuela Has Led To Lucrative Sex Trafficking Rings By Criminal Networks, Including Corrupt Businessmen, Police and Immigration Authorities. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago– The Yihai Entertainment Sports Bar in Cunupia has the markings of…
The China/Taiwan contest within CARICOM
By CIJN STAFF WRITERS AND CONTRIBUTORS Five of the 17 countries, globally, that currently recognise a sovereign ‘Republic of China on Taiwan’ (ROC) are member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). They include Belize, Haiti, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent…
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The Caribbean engages the belt and road initiative
By CIJN STAFF WRITERS AND CONTRIBUTORS China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative was first raised by President Xi Jinping in the last quarter of 2013. Six years later, China had signed 173 cooperation agreements with 125 countries and 29 international organizations. …
China’s opaque Caribbean trail: Dreams, deals and debt
By CARLA BRIDGLAL, IVAN CAIRO, STEFFON CAMPBELL, ALIX LEWIS and NEIL MARKS From CIJN A hotel. A highway. A port. The prime minister’s house. For Caribbean countries, one of the most visible, expansive, and expensive forms of Beijing’s engagement with the region is its financing of…
