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Venezuela must respect Guyana’s sovereign, territorial integrity

By Albert Baldeo From Caribbean Life “We are a peaceful people…Struggle as we struggle…And we don’t look for trouble…Just ask around, But when outside faces…From foreign places…Talk about taking over…We ain’t backing down, We ain’t giving up no mountains…We ain’t…

Oil, the environment and the Caribbean

By David Jessop From The Caribbean Camera Earlier this month Exxon announced that that it had made a major new oil find off Guyana. It was, it said, the largest since it began exploration there in 2015. The company’s statement…

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The IDB’s view on China’s rise in the Caribbean

From Kaieteur News With its sheer economic size and military muscle, China has proven that she is not a pushover. She’s confident, quite the entertainer, diplomatic and generous in the eyes of some nations. But to others, she has acquired…

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Large oil companies head to Guyana’s rich oil, gas basin

BY BERT WILKINSON From Caribbean Life Three of the world’s largest oil and gas companies are preparing to bid for offshore blocks near to where United States oil giant ExxonMobil found large amounts of sweet light crude oil off the…

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UAE to provide US$50 million renewable energy fund for Guyana and the Caribbean

By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Three of Guyana’s energy projects (micro-hydros) have been selected for funding by United Arab Emirates (UAE)-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund, said the minister of public infrastructure, David Patterson, who is heading…

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Caribbean activists welcome Inter-American Court opinion on LGBT rights

By CariFLAGS (PRESS RELEASE) – The Caribbean Forum for Liberation and Acceptance of Genders and Sexualities (CariFLAGS) celebrates the recent advisory opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) which referred to its constant case law whereby sexual orientation…

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Council of Legal Education has not approved Joseph Haynes Law School; Guyana yet to submit info on key decisions

By Denis Chabro From Demerarawaves Guyana is yet to clear several hurdles before it can establish a local law school because no such approval has ever been granted by the Caribbean’s Council of Legal Education (CLE), well-placed sources said Sunday. Indications…

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Ruling looms on Caribbean Airline 2011 Timehri crash

From Kaieteur News Connecticut, US (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether an airline should pay damages to a Connecticut woman injured in a plane crash in Guyana in 2011. Judge Michael Shea in Hartford presided over a three-day,…

The Caribbean: The challenges of integration on the empire’s frontier

By Sergio Alejandro Gómez From Granma Former President of Dominica Juan Bosch described the Caribbean as an “imperial frontier,” and point of conflict between the economic and political interests of global powers, a reality which hasn’t changed since the time…

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Caricom-Cuba: Fifteen years working for common targets

From Presna Latina Havana, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) About to mark its 15th anniversary, the summits between Cuba and the Caribbean Community (Caricom) consolidate today as a unavoidable chartered course to structure a common agenda to achieve a new international…