Seventh Summit News Today

From the 2004 coup d’état against President Jean Bertrand Aristide until 2017, Haiti was occupied militarily initially by US and Canadian troops and

Prime Minister Philip Davis, who has come under fire repeatedly from the opposition for his frequent trips abroad, yesterday said it is important for The Bahamas to stand up and be heard on the world stage and establish bonds with like-minded nations. “It is important, more so today than ever, to stand up for The

The government’s budgeted expenditure for travel and subsistence in the 2022/2023 fiscal year has increased from $14.8 million to $18.8 million. The increases, which include totals for both domestic and international travel and subsistence, total $3,963,532. The numbers are part of the government’s revised figures in its 2022/2023 Supplementary Budget of Draft Estimates of Revenue

In this episode, we interview Alejandro Rusconi about the Seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, (CELAC), which was held Tuesday, January 24 in Buenos Aires and hosted by CELAC President Pro-Tempore Alberto Fernandez, current President of Argentina. We will discuss the role of social movements in creating a comprehensive agenda for regional integration and multilateralism.

Former Immigration Minister A. Loftus Roker said yesterday there’s no sense that the government is placing a strong enough focus on The Bahamas’ illegal immigration problem and chided current minister, Keith Bell, for previously declaring there was no crisis even as the situation was clearly worsening. “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” Roker said.

Haiti is broken. No one recognizes this more than the Haitian people. Countless numbers of them are fleeing their country for points of refuge throughout the region, straining countries already dealing with migrant and other myriad issues of their own. Haiti has a proud history as the first free Black republic, whose former slaves fought

Prime Minister Philip Davis yesterday urged regional heads of state to advocate for fairer criteria for international financing for developing countries. Intensifying climate disasters in recent years, and the COVID-19 pandemic have galvanized small island developing states to call for a globally accepted vulnerability index, that would increase the eligibility for SIDS to receive greater

Acknowledging the worsening crisis in Haiti, Prime Minister Philip Davis said yesterday the tragedy unfolding there poses a “substantial threat” to The Bahamas and neighboring countries. Davis said the solution to Haiti’s problem lies in a Haitian-led path, and one that includes the support of regional leaders. “The crisis in Haiti is getting worse,” said

Prime Minister Philip Davis is in Argentina attending CELAC, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said last night. “...He will represent the region at the Seventh Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (CELAC) as chairman of CARICOM,” OPM said. “The summit’s agenda includes

If the Seventh Summit of the Americas held in Panama in 2015 was notable for Cuba's first-ever attendance, the one held this month in Los Angeles will go down in history as a summit of exclusions and boycotts. In the time of the seventh summit, there was a constructive environment rarely seen in the region. The reason for summit's success was governments geographically close but politically distant sought to iron out old conflicts that had prevailed since the Cold War.