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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Organization of American States (OAS) and Facebook on Wednesday, May 6, launched a partnership to support the Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) of the region …
Read MoreARTICLE FROM THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE, May 3, 2020 — Crew repatriation is a major challenge for all vessel operators in the COVID-19 era, and cruise ships have more crewmembers per …
Read MoreECLAC PRESS RELEASE, April 29, 2020 — Leaders and government officials from 15 Caribbean countries held a virtual meeting with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Organization of American States (OAS) on Thursday, April 23, presented the Virtual Platform of Emergency and Security Systems (EMS), a mechanism to support the countries of …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Organization of American States (OAS) on Thursday, April 23 at 11:00 EST (15:00 GMT) will launch the Virtual Platform of Emergency and Security Systems to support …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked 102 national and local groups for sending a letter on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 calling on Congress to retroactively fix the …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C., April 14, 2020 – Haiti is among 25 countries that the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an immediate debt relief. The other countries …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has assured her that Hope Village, the men’s halfway house in the District …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2020 – The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) has announced that it has been “advised that members of the public who visited the Board …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. —Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)has expressed profound disappointment that the third coronavirus bill, which was signed into law on Friday, March 27, treats the District of Columbia as …
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