UN human rights commissioner makes impassioned plea on behalf of Haiti
Geneva (T&T Guardian): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said that the human rights situation in Haiti has reached yet another crisis point and called on regional and international stakeholders, including the media “to put the spotlight on this crisis, so that the intolerable suffering and destruction can end.
Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt, Brazil’s top court rules
Rio de Janeiro (The Guardian): Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly orchestrating a violent plot to seize power through a military coup, after the country’s supreme court decided he should face criminal prosecution.
Five Caribbean nations face possible US travel restrictions under Trump
Puerto España (Trinidad&Tobago Guardian): Five Caribbean nations—Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Cuba—have been included in a proposed list of countries facing potential travel restrictions under the Trump administration.
What Trump didn’t say in his inauguration speech
Washington (The Guardian): I was at the Trump inauguration on Monday, and needless to say, I disagree with almost everything he had to say.
On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims
The Guardian December 6, 2024, As ICJ hears landmark climate case, Grenada’s PM says vulnerable nations expect a long, hard fight for aid Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims, (The Guardian): It’s a macabre picture: tombs, headstones and wreaths, lovingly selected by family members, floating into the oblivion of the ocean, and with them the remains of loved ones uprooted from their final resting place. Some are dragged back to land, washed up on beaches on the Grenadian island of Carriacou, transforming the beautiful Caribbean shoreline into a chaotic graveyard.
Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo
Brussels (The Guardian): The Belgian state has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the forced removal of five mixed-race children from their mothers in colonial Congo.
Project 2025 will ‘upend’ the lives of Black Americans, new report shows
London (The Guardian): Project 2025, the 900-page ultra-conservative roadmap that details how the former president Donald Trump and his allies would restructure the US government if he is elected, has specific implications for Black Americans, according to a new report.
Guadeloupe loses electricity after striking workers seize power station
Pointe-à-Pitre (The Guardian): The French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has been left entirely without power after striking workers seized control of the territory’s power station.
Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian priest and ‘father of liberation theology’, dies at 96
London (The Guardian): Gustavo Gutiérrez, the influential Peruvian priest known as “the father of liberation theology” and hailed as a “prophet of the poor”, has died in Lima at the age of 96.
Senior UN official ends visit to Haiti
New York (T&T Guardian) The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Miroslav Jenca, has ended a visit to Haiti reiterating the United Nations continued commitment to restore peace and security in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country.
