https://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/caricom/Recent content in CARICOM on The Tradewinds Briefhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pnghttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pngHugo -- 0.142.0en-usMon, 20 Apr 2026 08:45:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-20-auntie-cheryl/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:45:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-20-auntie-cheryl/Auntie Cheryl from Chaguanas weighs in: the pension news is wonderful, the crime is down, the Prime Minister is standing up to CARICOM, and yes the police station thing was upsetting but Madam Prime Minister is handling it. Everything is going to be alright.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-20-trini-dispatch/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-20-trini-dispatch/Port of Spain view: a municipal police corporal was murdered inside the San Fernando station and over 4,000 rounds of ammunition walked out the door. The Prime Minister says no curfew is needed. The Prime Minister also says you are safer. Both statements were issued Saturday.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-auntie-cheryl/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:30:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-auntie-cheryl/Auntie Cheryl is fully supportive of Kamla's comments about CARICOM and has been saying this for years, if anyone had been listening.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-ramesh/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:15:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-ramesh/Ramesh counts the drug seizures, admires the refinery vision, and has a few measured thoughts on the state of regional leadership.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-daily-brief/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-daily-brief/A building falls down, CANU counts its money, airfares about to get worse, and Sir Ronald Sanders is done being polite about CARICOM.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-trini-dispatch/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-16-trini-dispatch/Kamla calls CARICOM dysfunctional. The US still doesn't want to visit. A $3.4 billion housing deal needs explaining.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-14-miss-violet/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:30:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-14-miss-violet/Miss Violet has opinions about the gastrointestinal situation, the farm labour pipeline, and the Trinidad drama at CARICOM. She is not impressed by any of it.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-14-auntie-cheryl/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:30:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-14-auntie-cheryl/Auntie Cheryl from Chaguanas is very proud of the PM, concerned about the murder rate, and has already bought tickets to Metamorphosis. Tuesday's dispatch.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-14-bajan-bugle/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-14-bajan-bugle/Barbados is sending fewer farm workers to Canada, there is a gastrointestinal situation, businesses are squeezed, and the world's oil problem is everyone's problem. Tuesday's Bugle.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-14-trini-dispatch/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-14-trini-dispatch/Trinidad skipped the CARICOM emergency meeting it demanded, crime is 45% up, and the Prime Minister is still in a one-woman war with the entire Caribbean. Tuesday's dispatch.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-12-auntie-cheryl/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:15:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-12-auntie-cheryl/Auntie Cheryl has strong feelings about McDonald Bailey's fate, cautious optimism about the Red Force, and a complicated reaction to Kamla's CARICOM situation.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-12-trini-dispatch/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:10:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-12-trini-dispatch/Persad-Bissessar's CARICOM war goes global, the Ghany murder investigation tightens, McDonald Bailey was shot dead after spending 20 years wrongly imprisoned, and the jet ski suspect remains in custody.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-11-auntie-cheryl/Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:15:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-11-auntie-cheryl/Auntie Cheryl is thrilled about NGC's record profits, concerned about the Tobago vandals, and has a lot of feelings about the CARICOM situation that she would like to share.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-11-trini-dispatch/Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:10:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-11-trini-dispatch/The PM wants the CARICOM Secretary-General gone, Tobago's water infrastructure was vandalised, NGC had its best year in a decade, and a six-year-old is in critical condition after a pool incident.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-09-trini-dispatch/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-09-trini-dispatch/Port of Spain dispatches — Kamla goes to Venezuela for gas, a businessman is dead, the SEA was easy, and CARICOM finds itself short one vote of confidence.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-caribbean-brief/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-caribbean-brief/Your Wednesday Caribbean roundup: World Bank says slow down, Jamaica goes backward, T&T chases Venezuela gas, Barbados grows quietly, and Carifta children run fast.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-ramesh/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-ramesh/Ramesh on the US$761M oil windfall, the St Kitts agreements, the Wales project, Suriname's river fees, and why the press keeps missing the point.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-trini-dispatch/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-trini-dispatch/PM Kamla sending a delegation to Venezuela to get T&T's gas back. Patrice Roberts ordered to pay. CARICOM drama continues. Dry sardonic Port of Spain perspective.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-06-caribbean-brief/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-06-caribbean-brief/CARICOM rallies for Cuba, Jamaica Carnival is one week out, a Russian tanker slips through the blockade, the region pivots away from US trade, and Guyana's CARIFTA team is having a very good weekend in Grenada.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-06-caribbean-daily-brief/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-06-caribbean-daily-brief/The Caribbean is still paying 10% to sell things to the country it buys everything from, a regional statesman passes, and Grenada hosts CARIFTA.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-03-caribbean-brief/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-03-caribbean-brief/Friday Caribbean roundup — Trump's 10% tariff hits the region hard (38% for Guyana), CARICOM scrambles to respond, Jamaica gets US$50M climate fund, T&T heads into election mode, and CARIFTA opens tomorrow.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-01-caribbean-brief/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-01-caribbean-brief/Your Wednesday Caribbean roundup — Trinidad's nurse crisis, Haiti's austerity squeeze, Jamaica's budget debate, Venezuela's threats, and Carnival Corporation buying up the sea.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-31-caribbean-brief/Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-31-caribbean-brief/The region watches the Middle East crisis escalate, Jamaica enters World Cup play-offs, Haiti's gangs take losses, and Rihanna's products land in Georgetown without Rihanna.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-30-caribbean-brief/Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-30-caribbean-brief/Jamaica tables its Hurricane Melissa budget, the US quietly removes military radar from Tobago, Guyana faces Belize in football, and Antigua is hosting the Commonwealth summit in November. Monday Caribbean.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-29-caribbean-brief/Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-29-caribbean-brief/The US handed T&T a list of drug and gun suspects, Barbados digitised its port and won an award for it, the DR is apparently at war with Mexico over tourists, and the OAS is having an existential moment. Caribbean Sunday.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-27-caribbean-daily-brief/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-27-caribbean-daily-brief/Jamaica is rebuilding after Hurricane Melissa, T&T has a new state of emergency and a FIFA match-fixing probe, Barbados swept its third straight election, and British Airways just added more seats to the islands. The region is busy.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-25-daily-brief/Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-25-daily-brief/A fired US official arrives as a Special Envoy, Exxon wants two more oil projects, and the World Bank says Guyana's reform programme has been quietly gutted. Wednesday's 5-minute news circus.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-09-caribbean-brief/Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-09-caribbean-brief/Barbados heads to polls February 11 with schools closing for election day, Trinidad’s PM addresses Caribbean Energy Week, Jamaica’s IMF $415M deal progresses, and Cuba’s crisis worsens as US tightens the screws.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-07-caribbean-brief/Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-07-caribbean-brief/Trinidad Carnival kicks off TODAY, Barbados heads to polls February 11, Jamaica takes $415M IMF emergency loan, West Indies open T20 World Cup vs Scotland, and US tightens visa screws on Caribbean nationals.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-06-caribbean-brief/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-06-caribbean-brief/Jamaica secures emergency IMF funds, Barbados gears up for February 11 election, Trinidad’s PM doubles down on CARICOM criticism, CARICOM rebukes Haiti’s leadership, and the T20 World Cup kicks off tomorrow. Your Caribbean regional roundup.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-04-caribbean-brief/Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-04-caribbean-brief/Barbados votes in 7 days with 93 candidates and Mottley going for a third term. The T20 World Cup starts Friday in India with West Indies facing Scotland. US military operations in the Caribbean continue dividing the region. Plus: Jamaica’s IMF lifeline, Trinidad’s police shooting scandal, and the CCJ President visits Barbados.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-01-caribbean-brief/Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-02-01-caribbean-brief/Jamaica secures emergency IMF cash after Hurricane Melissa, the US cracks down on Caribbean birth tourism visas, and Trinidad keeps insisting it had nothing to do with the Venezuela operation. Your regional roundup.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/caribbean-daily-brief-2026-01-31/Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/caribbean-daily-brief-2026-01-31/IMF approves US$415M emergency aid for Jamaica, Caribbean Airlines closes Barbados hub, Venezuela aftermath reshaping regional travel, West Indies cricket, and more across the islands!https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-23-caribbean-brief/Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-23-caribbean-brief/PM Mottley calls snap election for February 11 seeking historic third term, Trinidad’s Kamla Persad-Bissessar defends CARICOM stance, and Caribbean Airlines closes its Barbados hub.https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-22-caribbean-brief/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-01-22-caribbean-brief/Mottley calls Barbados elections for February 11, Trinidad’s new PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar navigates US-Venezuela tensions, Jamaica secures IMF emergency funding for Hurricane Melissa recovery, and Caribbean Airlines restructures its regional operations.