Caribbean Current Affairs, GK & News
First Woman President of Honduras
Xiomara Castro was sworn in as the first woman president of Honduras. Honduras is a Central American country. Its capital is Tegucigalpa. It is located along the coast of Caribbean Sea. About Xiomara Castro She is a leftist. That is, she is a socialist leader. She has promised to tackle the drug trafficking in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Persons in News
Topics: Caribbean • Caribbean Sea • Central America • drug trafficking • Honduras • Kamala Harris • Maya Civilization
Volcano erupts in Southern Caribbean
The La Sourfriere Volcano located on the eastern Caribbean island recently erupted after decades of inactivity. The volcano forced thousands in the surrounding villages to evacuate. About the Volcano The Volcano was dormant since 1979. It started showing signs of activity in December 2020. When the volcano erupted in 1979 it created 100 million USD ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Active Volcano • Caribbean • Caribbean Island • Coral reef • tectonic plates
United Nations Security council to meet on COVID-19 first time
On April 2, 2020, the current president of United Nations Security Council, Dominican Republic announced that the world body is to meet over COVID-19 next week. The rotating presidency of the 15-member council was taken by the Caribbean country from the previous president China. China is a permanent member and has veto powers in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Caribbean • Corona virus • COVID-19 • Dominican Republic • Ebola • Ebola Outbreak • UN Security Council (UNSC) • UNSC • UNSC resolution
Cuba appoints new Prime Minister after more than 43 years
Located in the Northern Caribbean with a population of approx 1.2 crores, the Republic of Cuba has named its new Prime Minister on Saturday, 21st December 2019 after a gap of more than 43 years years. The incumbent Tourism Minister of Cuba, 56-years-old Manuel Marrero Cruz was appointed as the new and the 17th Prime ..
Topics: Caribbean • Cuba • Fidel Castro • Manuel Marrero Cruz • Miguel Diaz-Canel • Tourism Minister
First-ever India-Caricom leaders’ summit held in New York
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the first-ever India-Caricom summit in New York with a focus on fighting climate change and increasing India’s participation with the grouping. Mr Modi announced a $14 million US dollar grant for community development projects in the Caricom and another $150 million line of credit for solar, renewable energy and climate ..
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: Caribbean • Caribbean Community • CARICOM Single Market and Economy • Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure • Government of India • Narendra Modi • Organizations • Projects of the Caribbean Community • Trade blocs
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019: Challenges in attaining SDG
The United Nations report World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 discusses various challenges in attaining the sustainable development goals. The challenges listed are: Economic growth is uneven and is failing to reach where it is most needed. Per capita incomes would stagnate or grow only marginally in 2019 in several parts of Africa, Western Asia, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Topics: Africa • Asia • Caribbean • Latin America • Sustainable Development Goals • trade policy disputes • United Nations • World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019