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A New Way For Trinidad and Jamaica to Work Together

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor William Demas, former Head of the Economic and Planning Division of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, compared the five-year national plans of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) in his book The Economics of […]

Op-Ed: World Bank VP Hasan Tuluy on a Balanced Path to Caribbean Prosperity

By Hasan Tuluy Op-Ed Contributor The recent High Level Caribbean Forum in Nassau was the latest in a series of discussions to develop a road map for the region’s long-term economic growth while addressing persistent debt and fiscal issues. A […]

Improving Caribbean Connectivity

Above: a panel discussion at the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum last month By the Caribbean Journal staff Are external factors holding back the Caribbean’s Internet entrepreneurs? The answer is yes, particularly the apparent underdevelopment of critical Internet infrastructure in the […]

“Aid For Trade” Launches in Haiti

Above: CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean officially launched its CARICOM “Regional Aid for Trade” strategy at a ceremony in Haiti on Tuesday. Aid for Trade, a partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank and […]

China and the Caribbean — a Marriage Made in Heaven?

By Zhivargo Laing CJ Contributor ON A recent radio show in the Bahamas, the topic of China’s $8 million loan to the country was being discussed. A curious caller asked, “what do the Chinese want for these loans anyway?” Her […]

Haiti’s Martelly to Launch Caribbean “Regional Aid For Trade” Strategy

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President and CARICOM Chairman Michel Martelly will launch the Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade Strategy in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. The “Aid For Trade” strategy involves the […]

Vanderpool-Wallace: The Missing Link For Tourism in the Caribbean

By Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace CJ Contributor TOURISM MINISTERS and Commissioners and their counterparts in the private sector in the Caribbean have come to see that the region’s tourism industry is vastly underperforming compared to the potential that they see. Hotel occupancies […]

Op-Ed: The Embargo and Cuban Identity

By José Gabilondo Op-Ed Contributor What “Cuban embargo” brings to mind is the economic blockade of the United States on the island. It means something else too — an embargo directed at Cuban-Americans raised in diaspora — in this case, […]

Central Bank: Trinidad Economy Grew Just 0.2 Percent in 2012

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago saw GDP growth of just 0.2 percent in 2012, lower than its expected rate of 1 percent, according to Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran. The shortfall […]

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird Concludes Visit to Haiti

Above: the talks in Haiti (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canada Foreign Minister John Baird and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy concluded a visit to Haiti on Monday. The purpose of the trip was […]

Love and Jamaican Food

By Nigel Spence CJ Contributor A few months ago I was approached to film an episode for a cooking channel. The idea behind the show was to highlight typical aphrodisiac dishes from across the globe to showcase for a Valentine’s […]

Jamaica Receives Firearms Marking Machines from OAS, Following Haiti

Above: the Jamaican delegation at the OAS (OAS Photo/Maria Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica received two firearms marking machines from the Organization of American States Tuesday, a few days after a similar donation to the government of […]

Op-Ed: Jamaica, Greece and Putting the People Before the Creditors

By Jake Johnston Op-Ed Contributor Jamaica is barely emerging from its worst economic downturn in the last 30 years. Even after positive growth returned in 2011, the economy remains 3 percent below its 2007 level, and with anaemic growth projected […]

UN’s Haiti Peacekeeping Chief Urges Country to Build on PM’s Confirmation

Above: Mariano Fernandez Amunategui (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Mariano Fernandez, the head of the UN’s MINUSTAH peacekeeping force in Haiti, said he welcomed the Chamber of Deputies’ confirmation of Laurent Lamothe as the country’s new Prime Minister. […]

Interview with Mary Anastasia O’Grady on US Policy in the Americas, China and Haiti

Above: Guatemala’s Otto Perez Molina, Haiti’s Michel Martelly and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez By Alexander Britell This week, heads of state from around the region will gather in Cartagena, Colombia for the Sixth Summit of the Americas, on the theme of […]

On the Ground: Journalism Ethics in Haiti

By Kathie Klarreich A few months into my Knight International Journalism Fellowship in Haiti, I was conducting a training session in a radio newsroom in the capital when a reporter danced through the open door. He proudly announced that he’d […]

Interview with US Virgin Islands Delegate Donna Christensen on Health Care, HOVENSA

Above: US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen (Photo: WH) By Alexander Britell The US Virgin Islands is in one of the most challenging periods in its history, in large part due to the closure of the HOVENSA oil […]

Op-Ed: Royann Dean on Building a Creative Economy in the Caribbean

Above: the Cayman Enterprise City project By Royann Dean Throughout election season in the region, we will inevitably hear talk about sustainable development. Sustainable is commonly synonymous with ‘environmental’ but also includes economic sustainability. Creativity is not likely to be […]

Jamaica, China Sign Military Aid Pact

Above: Major General Antony Anderson, JDF, left, and Deputy Chief of China’s Foreign Affairs Office, Major General Jia Xiaoning (JIS Photo) The Chinese government is providing $1.1 million in military aid to Jamaica, one of the most significant military aid […]

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