News – Caribbean Life

Grenada PM Dickon Mitchell addresses town hall at Brooklyn College on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022.

Grenada

Grenada pushes back against US advisory

By Bert Wilkinson

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne.

Antigua

Antigua, Dominica citizens to post whopping visa bond

By Bert Wilkinson

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against U.S. strikes against Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as he makes an initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others in New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026.

Venezuela

Brooklyn Dems chair denounces Trump’s actions in Venezuela

By Nelson A. King

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne

Antigua

Deportee Pressure Mounts

By Bert Wilkinson

Bronx Times

EXCLUSIVE: Newly appointed NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels visits Bronx school where he began teaching career

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The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026

By Jennifer Morgan, Senior Fellow, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy and Climate Policy Lab, Tufts University

Book cover of “Voices From The Kitchen” edited by Marc Meyer.

Books

Behind the Four Stars: Immigrants power America’s hottest kitchens

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Venezuela

UN chief ‘deeply alarmed’ by military escalation in Venezuela

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers Inaugural Address on Jan. 1, 2026.

News

Mamdani ‘honored’ to serve as NYC next mayor

By Nelson A. King

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, Caribbean students rush back to US before visa changes kick in

By Bert Wilkinson

Retired sprinter Usain Bolt.

Jamaica

Police Revive probe

By Bert Wilkinson

Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates with his wife Rama Duwaji after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, at an election night rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 4, 2025.

News

Will Muslim Mayor address devotees of martyr King?

By Vinette K. Pryce

New York Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the media following President Trump's efforts to kill New York's congestion pricing on Feb. 19, 2025 in New York City.

News

Year-in-Review 2025 top stories

By Nelson A. King

Proud Guyanese stand next to one of 23 Illustrations of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs exhibition, showcasing a poster with Guyana Gateway in Brooklyn, and Little Guyana in Queens and the Bronx. The launch of the pop-up exhibition was held on Dec. 10 at 253 Broadway in NYC. From left, Claire Patterson-Monah, Dr. Terrence Blackman, Brooklyn Community Board 17 Manager, Sherif Barker, Commissioner Manuel Castro, Caribbean Life's contributor Tangerine Clarke, Sookranie Dhanpat, and Pastor James Richmond.

Guyana

NYC celebrates immigrant enclaves, MOIA launches ‘We Love Immigration’ Series honoring Guyana Gateway Partners

By Tangerine Clarke

Mary and Joseph, welcome arrivals to the manger where Baby Jesus lay in a crib dressed in swaddling clothes. This Nativity station attracted children, and adults alike at a Christmas Village celebration at Liberty Bible Fellowship Church, in Ozone Park Queens, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.

News

Christmas Village brings joy, wonder, and holiday magic to life

By Tangerine Clarke

From left, Immigration Attorney Melnia Cordis, host of the Reset Talk Show, JR Giddings, family, Maria Weigand, Mrs. Sharon Weigand, Audiologist, SUNY Downstate Hospital, John Weigand, Public Advocate Jumaane Willliams, volunteer Claire Patterson-Monah, and children with their toys, at the 2nd Annual toy giveaway, hosted by the Reset Talk Show, at Reflections Church, on Dec. 13, 2025.

Brooklyn

Reset Talk Show hosts Holiday Giveaway for children in Brooklyn

By Tangerine Clarke

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art

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