Regional Security & Integration (Martinique): OECS and Martinique hosted the 19th Antilles-Guyane Regional Cooperation Conference alongside a regional security conference at the Université des Antilles (July 1–3), with PM Roosevelt Skerrit urging a broader, coordinated view of security that includes climate resilience, cybersecurity, food/energy security, and maritime protection. CARICOM Tax Tech Push: Tax administrators from across CARICOM will meet in Georgetown, Guyana (July 27–31) for COTA’s 27th General Assembly and Technical Conference on “smart, data-driven and AI-enabled” tax administration, with a parallel high-level tax-and-development meeting with the OECD. Decolonisation & Reparations Debate: CARICOM’s “Ten Point Plan” is being promoted in London as a reparation proposal, including a call for Britain to give up territories such as Bermuda—sparking concerns about conflicts of interest for some territories. Pesticides & Health Watch: Saint Lucia ranks sixth globally for pesticide use intensity (27.6 kg per hectare of cropland), raising public and environmental health concerns; regional research links higher pesticide exposure to higher cancer risk among banana workers in Guadeloupe and Martinique. Education Results (Martinique focus): France’s 2026 baccalaureate pass rate reached 91.4% after resits, while the national brevet fell to 81.6% under a new grading system.