Above: Grenada (CJ Photo)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Grenada and Venezuela are formally launching the Grenada Venezuela Friendship Association.

Former Grenada Foreign Minister and Tourism Minister Peter David and new Venezuelan Ambassador to Grenada Jorge Guerrero will be on hand for the formal launch of the association on Saturday. Guerrero presented his credentials to Foreign Minister Nickolas Steele in May.

“This is a further evolution of the relationship between two regional neighbours whose formal diplomatic ties span more than three-and-a-half decades,” David said. “At the moment, we have a large Grenada expatriate population in Venezuela that has made that South American Republic their new home.”

Among Venezuela’s projects in Grenada are the new bridge at Ford in St Andrew, the reconstruction of the St George’s Market and the pavilion at Tanteen.

David said “Venezuela’s generosity to Grenada and the OECS countries in housing, infrastructure development and through the PetroCaribe arrangement is well-known across the Caribbean.”