Bert Wilkinson, Author at Caribbean Life

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is anchored in the Guanabara Bay as part of the Southern Seas 2026 deployment for joint naval exercises, while the Brazilian Navy conducts radiological monitoring operations near its position, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 8, 2026.

Suriname

US says it views oil-rich Suriname as strategic ally

By Bert Wilkinson

A marina in Basseterre, St. Kitts.

St Kitts and Nevis

St. Kitts gets first batch of US deportees

By Bert Wilkinson

IShowSpeed has embarked on a tour of the Caribbean.

Tourism

Social media sensation IShowSpeed tours the Caribbean

By Bert Wilkinson

Members of the rescue team hoist plane crash survivors, At Sea, Melbourne, Florida, U.S., May 12, 2026, in this screengrab taken from a handout video.

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Scandal rocks Bahamas after plane crash and US coast guard rescue

By Bert Wilkinson

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez participates in a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the territorial dispute with Guyana over the Essequibo region in The Hague, Netherlands, May 11, 2026.

Guyana

Venezuela vows to ignore World Court ruling in border row with Guyana

By Bert Wilkinson

Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Edward Davis addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2024.

Bahamas

Governing party wins second term in Bahamas

By Bert Wilkinson

Natalio Wheatley, the premier of the British Virgin Islands.

British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands defends effort to outlaw same-sex marriage in new constitution

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness gives his acceptance speech during the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies event on Friday, April 17, 2026.

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Jamaica struggles to make progress in campaign to become a republic

By Bert Wilkinson

Looking north from Fort Charlotte in St. Vincent.

St. Vincent joins other small islands in selling golden passports

By Bert Wilkinson

FILE PHOTO: 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York

Antigua

Antiguan cabinet swears to oath without reference to British monarchy

By Bert Wilkinson

Congressman Gabe Evans.

Guyana

Congressman urges US to address China’s growing influence in Guyana

By Bert Wilkinson

The remains of a Dutch fort near the Essequibo River. Venezuelan claims that an international tribunal had cheated it out of Guyana’s mineral, oil, and gas-rich Essequibo region.

Guyana

Guyana and Venezuela square off at World Court over border lines

By Bert Wilkinson

Britain's King Charles arrives in Sandys Parish, Bermuda, May 1, 2026.

Bermuda

King Charles exposed to cruel slave artefacts in Bermuda

By Bert Wilkinson

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne delivers a national statement during the high level segment on day three of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference at Baku Stadium on Nov. 13, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Antigua

Antigua labor party wins again – decimates opposition

By Bert Wilkinson

Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez takes the salute by the Honor Guard following her arrival at the Maurice Bishop International Airport in Grenada.

Barbados

Tensions flare again

By Bert Wilkinson

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez.

Barbados

Venezuelan president wraps up visit to Barbados

By Bert Wilkinson

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