Above: CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque with Acting Guyanese President Samuel Hinds (Photo: CARICOM)
New CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque began his term yesterday with a visit to the Guyanese government, meeting with acting President Samuel Hinds and making a courtesy visit with Foreign Minister Caroline Rodrigues-Birkett. Yesterday, regional integration expert Professor Norman Girvan told Caribbean Journal that he would advise LaRocque to immediately put before the Heads of Government a proposal for the reform of CARICOM’s governance.
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