Caribbean

The US–Caribbean Dialogue: partnership or leverage? What Jamaica and CARICOM must insist on, by Annieth Woollery, Independent writer.

October 22, 2026 · Annieth Woollery

Washington's US$340 million Caribbean package buys cables, ports and policing, but not the resilient energy CARICOM asked for. We ask whether the new US–Caribbean Dialogue is a partnership or leverage, and what Jamaica must insist on.

Venezuela's Transition Without a Date: why the Caribbean cannot afford a stalled democracy next door, by Annieth Woollery, Independent writer.

October 22, 2026 · Annieth Woollery

Ten months after US forces removed Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's transition talks have produced agreements on political bans and frozen gold, but still no election date. We ask what a stalled democracy next door means for Jamaica and the Caribbean.

CARICOM Heads to COP31: One Year After Melissa, the Caribbean Must Demand Money That Moves, by Annieth Woollery, Independent writer.

October 22, 2026 · Annieth Woollery

As CARICOM prepares for COP31 in Antalya, Hurricane Melissa's US$8.8 billion bill shows what the region must demand: a loss and damage fund that pays quickly and at scale, real adaptation money, debt-pause clauses and a hard line on 1.5°C.