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St Lucia to Rename Bridge For ALBA
Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia will be renaming the Grand Riviere Bridge after the Venezuela-led ALBA alliance, the government announced Friday. The announcement was made at the sod-turning ceremony to begin construction work on the […]
Grenada to Join ALBA
Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada has announced its intention to join the ALBA regional grouping. The announcement was made by Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell, who said the country has formally put in its application for […]
Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Concludes Trip to Venezuela
Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe and Agriculture Minister Thomas Jacques following their return from Venezuela By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe made a one-day visit to Venezuela on Monday for talks on Haiti’s participation in the […]
Haiti Begins PetroCaribe Conference
Above: the Royal Oasis Hotel in Petion-Ville (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has officially begun the 11th Council of Ministers of PetroCaribe summit, which is taking place this weekend at the Royal Oasis hotel in Petion-Ville. It […]
Venezuela’s Maduro to Visit Guyana
Above: Nicolas Maduro By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro will make an official visit to Guyana this weekend. Maduro will be making his first visit to Guyana since his election victory in April. Since taking office, Maduro […]
St Lucia Planning to Join ALBA
Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia is planning to enter the Venezuela-led ALBA alliance, according to the country’s government. St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony is heading to the Twelfth ALBA-TCP Summit in Ecuador on […]
Cuba’s Fidel Castro Meets With Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro
Above: the meeting between Castro and Maduro (Photo: GC) By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with former Cuban leader Fidel Casro this weekend during Cuba’s ceremonies to mark the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the […]
Venezuela’s Maduro, St Vincent’s Gonsalves Head to Cuba
Above: Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves arrived in Cuba Thursday for a brief visit. Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and St […]
The Future of PetroCaribe
By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor At the end of June, leaders from around the Caribbean region met in Nicaragua for the 8th PetroCaribe Summit. Created with the largesse of Hugo Chavez, the cornerstone of PetroCaribe has been the discounted […]
Honduras Tops Haiti 2-0 in Gold Cup
Above: Les Grenadiers By the Caribbean Journal staff Despite outshooting Honduras, Haiti lost its Gold Cup opener on Monday, 2-0. Haiti had 17 shots to just six by Honduras, along with 10 corner kicks to just one by Honduras, but […]
Haiti’s Martelly, Lamothe Lead Delegation to PetroCaribe Summit in Nicaragua
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and PM Laurent Lamothe departing for Managua By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe are leading a delegation to attend the Eighth PetroCaribe Summit in Nicaragua this weekend. […]
Haiti Hosts Venezuela’s Maduro
Above: Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro (UN Photo/Lou Rouse) By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro begins an official visit to Haiti Tuesday. It is the first visit by Maduro to Haiti since his election victory in April. It’s […]
President of Venezuela’s National Assembly Visits Cuba
Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff Diosdado Cabello Rondon, the president of Venezuela’s National Assembly, arrived in Havana Thursday for an official visit. Rondon was received at Jose Marti International Airport by Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Rogelio Sierra, according […]
“Nestor Kirchner Hospital” Opens in Haiti
Above: Argentina Vice President Amado Boudou, Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin, Haiti President Michel Martelly and Cuba Vice Minister for Health, Dr Marcia Cobas Ruiz By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has inaugurated a new hospital in the town of […]
PetroCaribe Member States Agree to Establish “Economic Zone”
Above: the summit in Caracas By the Caribbean Journal staff The seventh PetroCaribe summit in Caracas concluded this weekend with an agreement by member countries to establish a PetroCaribe “economic zone.” The move would expand the PetroCaribe oil agreement, which […]
Venezuela’s Maduro Visits Cuba
Above: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (UN Photo/Lou Rouse) By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro visited Cuba this weekend for the first time since winning the country’s hotly-contested election earlier this month. Cuba had been by far the […]
Lamothe: “We Would Change the Approach That People Have to Haiti”
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By Alexander Britell Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe recently concluded a weeklong trip to the United States that featured meetings with officials from the World Bank, the IDB, the UN, donor countries (including Canada) […]
Haiti’s Martelly Congratulates Venezuela’s Maduro on Victory
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly has extended his congratulations to Nicolas Maduro on his victory in Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela. In a statement released Monday, Martelly said he reaffirmed Haiti’s […]
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Wins Presidential Election
Above: President-Elect Nicolas Maduro (UN Photo/Lou Rouse) By the Caribbean Journal staff Acting President Nicolas Maduro has won Venezuela’s presidential election by a narrow margin, according to preliminary results from the country’s National Electoral Council. Maduro, who was the hand-picked […]
Op-Ed: Why Venezuela Ought to Reconsider Its Withdrawal From ICSID
By Alexander G Leventhal Op-Ed Contributor IN JANUARY OF 2012, Venezuela announced that it would withdraw from the ICSID convention, a 1966 treaty that established an arbitration and conciliation institution based in Washington, DC to deal with international investment disputes. […]
OECS Assembly Holds First Session
Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer at the OECS Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States held its first-ever session on Tuesday in Antigua. The assembly is made up of appointed members from both the governments […]
Jamaica: $2.4 Billion in Funding Support Through PetroCaribe Since 2005
Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) Jamaica has received $2.4 billion USD in funding support thanks to its PetroCaribe agreement with the government of Venezuela, according to Dr Wesley Hughes, CEO of the PetroCaribe Development Fund. The funding total, which covers the […]
Solving Jamaica’s Foreign Exchange Crisis
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor OVER THE LAST WEEK there have been two issues dominating the media in Jamaica, which illustrates to me that Jamaica’s foreign exchange crisis is driven primarily by the way we approach challenges. The first is […]
Venezuela to Hold Election April 14
Above: Henrique Capriles Radonski and Nicolas Maduro By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuela will hold its presidential election April 14, the country’s government announced Saturday afternoon. The move comes after the death of former President Hugo Chavez last Tuesday from […]
Dominica Welcomes New Ambassador From Venezuela
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Hayden Owando Pirela Sanchez is Venezuela’s new Ambassador to Dominica. The Venezuelan envoy presented his letters of credence to Dominica President Eliud Williams this week, saying he wants to “further deepen […]
Fidel Castro Votes in Cuba Election
Above: Fidel Castro (Photo: GC) By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Cuban President Fidel Castro voted in the country’s election’s Sunday, his first prolonged public appearance since 2010. In recent elections, Castro had voted remotely. Cuba said Castro voted in […]
Haiti PM Visits Caracas for PetroCaribe Talks With Venezuela’s Vice President
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff While Venezuela President Hugo Chavez remains in Cuba with decliing health, Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe jetted to Caracas Wednesday for talks with Venezuela’s Vice President, […]
Haiti’s Martelly Continues Agriculture Push, With Help from Venezuela
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly in Timonette (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is continuing its drive to promote the growth of agriculture in the country. The latest move came Monday as Haiti President Michel Martelly visited […]
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