Politics News – Caribbean Life

Trinidadian Ernest Skinner, founder of Caribbean Americans United in Support of Mamdani for Mayor, addresses Democratic Mayoral Nominee Zohran Mamdani at press conference on Saturday, Aug. 30, flanked by Caribbean elected officials, including Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman, second from left, City Council Member Rita Joseph, fourth from left, and Josue Pierre, the Haitian-American District Leader for the 42nd Assembly District in Brooklyn, right.

Politics

Caribbean Americans United in Support of Mamdani for Mayor officially launches

By Nelson A. King

Nikki Lucas

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Nikki Lucas

Phara Souffrant Forrest

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest

Aubrey Norton leads A Partnership for National Unity.

Guyana

Guyana elections plagued by allegations of rigging

By Bert Wilkinson

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, right, with Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, center, and Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman.

Caribbean

New York’s political leaders participate in Caribbean Carnival Parade

By Nelson A. King

Photos of the four NYC mayoral candidates Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa

AMNY

amNY Your Vote: Who will be NYC’s next mayor? Here’s the story behind each candidate

Guyana president and wife arrive to vote in elections

Guyana

Guyana elections: People’s Progressive Party wins second term, main opposition decimated at polls

By Bert Wilkinson

Erik Crew, staff attorney at Haitian Bridge Alliance

Venezuela

Haitian Bridge Alliance welcomes court ruling challenging Trump’s attempt to strip TPS from Venezuelans

By Nelson A. King

rally in support of haiti immigrants

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn pols and community groups unite in support of Haitian immigrants

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke addresses town hall meeting at George Wingate High School Auditorium in Brooklyn on June 16, 2025.

Jamaica

Clarke introduces ‘Marcus Garvey Legacy Package’ to exonerate, commemorate Jamaica’s first national hero

By Nelson A. King

Election day man at polls

AMNY

2025 Elections: What you need to know before voting

U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Cuba

Trump imposes visa restrictions on Cuban, Grenadian officials involved in Cuban medical mission program

By Nelson A. King

Brian Cunningham

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Brian Cunningham

Suriname

Suriname gets new government and its first female president

By Bert Wilkinson

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams addresses Town Hall meeting of Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke in Brooklyn on Monday, June 16, 2025.

Caribbean

Caribbean candidates win Democratic Primary Elections in NYC

By Nelson A. King

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Politics

Leading mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo on how he would handle immigration, Trump, housing crisis

By Ethan Stark-Miller, Robert Pozarycki, Christian Murray & Karmina Fonseca

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