A 2020 report by United Nations investigators implicated Venezuela's ruling dictatorship in systematic human rights abuses amounting to crimes against humanity. Testimony submitted to the ICC in 2023 concluded the regime had committed over 8,000 extrajudicial executions. Seems worthy of mention.

Haiti's Université Lumière des Cayes Wins UNESCO GenTech Competition lenouvelliste.com/article/2691...

European Union monitors say the first half of 2026 was 'marked by sustained and exceptional ocean warmth' https://aje.news/e2ua1r

The climate crisis is spiraling out of our control. 1000s of fish washed up dead last summer in the Gulf of Mexico because the water was too hot to hold oxygen. We can't solve this crisis if we keep expanding the problem. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re

There was a book written about us! 🌟 David Benac's "Rainforest Radicals" details our history. We use tactics like base building, boycotts, direct actions, and media hits to get huge corporations – like Burger King and the World Bank – to defund deforestation and climate chaos. https://bit.ly/3QsHJi0

Words fail me.

FIFA has poured millions of dollars into the Trump family coffers over the last few years, as nakedly a political act as one can conceive of. Meanwhile...Haiti to debut redesign World Cup jersey after FIFA rejects initial design as ‘political’ www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

It is quite something how Pope Leo is coming to embody the good side of America in contrast to Trump's encapsulation of its horrors: Pope Leo’s first encyclical tackles A.I., power and human dignity www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news... Friday’s disruption marks at least the fifth occasion Caribbean airspace has been affected by SpaceX Starship operations since January 2025, with additional shutdowns occurring in May, August and October 2025 and earlier this month.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-gathers-... Though Verbrugge, 72, who lives alone in the forest, has no heirs to pass the property to, he found a suitable inheritor in the Kalispel Indians, who said they would carry the responsibility of keeping the land in good health with “profound gratitude.”

Please read my latest dispatch from Ecuador about the history both of organized crime's rise and of a country's fall. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/gangsters-...

On this day in 1803 at Arcahaie, Catherine Flon stitched together Haiti's first flag as the country fought for independence from France & for human freedom. Bon fèt drapo, Ayiti Cherie. Never forget you are the children of heroes. One day you will stand tall again. Ayiti pap peri. 🇭🇹

open.substack.com/pub/drekb/p/... And in #Jamaica it’s “same suh.” #OurBeachBirthright #TourismTakeover #Caribbean

A piece of magic. #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... “In the eight months since the airstrikes began, the US has not provided any evidence that any of the 194 victims were involved in drug trafficking.” Grateful thanks to the journalists who investigated.

Day after day, a nonstop stream of the most horrible videos depicting murders and mutilations committed by the gangs in Haiti over a wide swathe of the country reach me and somehow the nation’s agony does not resonate with the professional political activist class abroad in any way whatsoever.

Did you miss the good news? The agenda for #Glocal Evaluation Week 2026 is OUT! 💡 From June 1-5, #Glocal2026 will feature 300+ free knowledge-sharing events, including sessions on this year's theme: Evaluation, Evidence & Trust in the Age of #AI.🤖 👉 Join as many events as you want: bit.ly/4uuGEVi

A statement by environmental activist Wendy Lee on a momentous court decision in Jamaica: Puerto Bueno (Dry Harbour Mountain) petchary.wordpress.com/2026/05/09/a...

Disappeared, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Congrats to Indi! jamaica-gleaner.com/article/2026...

Good news! The agenda for Glocal Evaluation Week 2026 is now LIVE.🎉 From June 1–5, #Glocal2026 will offer over 300 online, in-person & hybrid events exploring key topics in monitoring & evaluation. You can join as many as you want for free. 👀 Explore the agenda & sign up for events: bit.ly/4uuGEVi

The 19th century nationality law of the Netherlands is so outdated, that people just can’t believe the arcane impacts aside causing challenges to Football in the Netherlands. www.nytimes.com/athletic/724...

76crimes.com/2026/05/04/b... Congratulations #Botswana Going against the tide in Africa it seems and generally more enlightened on governance issues. #LGBT 🏳️‍🌈

The latest US Treasury OFAC Iran sanctions update adds to the sanctions list individuals with citizenship through citizenship by investment programs in Dominica and St Kitts & Nevis. ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...

Hormuz effect? How US, China are ramping up tensions over the Panama Canal https://aje.news/qex5hb

Reporters Without Borders warns that 'journalism is increasingly criminalised worldwide'.

Just the beginning 😪😪😪🤬 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

An interesting photography exhibition opening in #Kingston #Jamaica illustrates the urban heat island we live in. #climatechange #feelingtheheat #photography

Cuban woman threatened with five years in prison for recording police operation in Cienfuegos www.14ymedio.com/cuba/amenaza...

Civilians caught in crossfire as gangs clash in Haiti's Plaine du Cul-de-Sac lenouvelliste.com/article/2664...

French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery

www.alterpresse.org/Citadelle-Au... Il y a des tragédies qui dépassent le simple fait divers. Elles deviennent des révélateurs. Celle survenue à la Citadelle Henry, au cœur du Parc national historique classé au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO, en est une. Les mécanismes d’un effondrement annoncé.

This is murder, plain and simple. And yet Caribbean governments haven’t said a word about their citizens being blown out of the water. Horrifying!

📅 Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 🕒 Time: 3:00 PM Jamaica Time 📍 Streaming: Live, @UWIMonaMedia on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@UWIMonaMedi...

www.theanimalreader.com/2026/04/05/u... Only around 50 of these whales are still alive, they all live in one area of the Gulf of Mexico.The decision was made last week by a special government committee. Officials said protecting the whales was interfering with oil and gas production in the gulf.

Americans reelected this deranged convicted criminal and adjudicated rapist who posts such a message on Easter, of all days, and then wonder why the world is content to move on without them.

Big up Amber for saving this beautiful Jamaican Boa 🙌🏾🇯🇲 The snake was curled up in the road. She drive pass, spot it, turn back, and even stop a car from running it over. After a while, it safely slither off 👏🏾 Remember, these snakes are non-venomous and help keep down rats and other pests.

Muslim-majority nations denounce Israel's 'increasingly discriminatory' practices that 'entrench a system of apartheid'.

aje.news/u0pap0 "Under the new legislation, Israel’s civilian courts are granted an extra degree of leniency in sentencing Israelis found guilty of killing Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Sentences for Palestinians, in contrast, carry an automatic death penalty.”