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Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves. (iWN file photo)

Gonsalves to leave CARICOM meeting early over mother’s death

Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is expected to leave the annual conference of Caribbean Community leaders early, after his mother, Theresa Francis, died Tuesday night. Gonsalves is expected to return home on Thursday from Grenada,…

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Sharlene Shillingford-McKlmon, right, chargé d’affaires; and Juliet Sutherland, second secretary, OECS Embassy to Belgium and Mission to the EU. (Photo: Ovid Burke/iWN)

Caribbean nations seeking new EU allies ahead of Brexit

BRUSSELS, Belgium (iWN) — Eastern Caribbean States are beginning to seek out new allies within the European Union (EU) ahead of Brexit — Britain’s planned exit from the 28-member bloc….

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