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Panama President Martinelli, Trinidad PM Persad-Bissessar Talk Energy
Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli and Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar during the visit (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following her visit to Panama in March, Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar held bilateral talks in Panama City with President […]
Haiti’s Martelly Returns to Miami Due to Complications Following Surgery
Above: Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s President Michel Martelly was advised by doctors to return to Miami Monday for medical monitoring due to postoperative complications from his shoulder surgery earlier this month. The National Palace […]
Dominican Republic President Proposes Regional Small Business Fund
Above: Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez is proposing the creation of a fund to finance micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the region. The momentum for these kinds […]
Panama President Martinelli: Connectivity Key to Regional Integration
Above: US President Barack Obama and Panama President Ricardo Martinelli (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Connectivity is key to the integration of the Americas, according to Panama President Ricardo Martinelli, who was speaking at the Sixth Summit of […]
Trinidad’s Persad-Bissessar, Canada’s Stephen Harper Hold Talks
Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar held talks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Saturday before a Canada-CARICOM meeting at […]
Haiti Finds Support in Colombia
Above: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (UN Photo/Susan Markisz) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti received support this weekend from Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the Sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena. “We must improve our cooperation with […]
Belize, Suriname Meet With OAS
Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Suriname Foreign Minister Winston Lackin (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize Foreign Minister Wilfred Erlington held a meeting Wednesday in Cartagena with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel […]
Honduras Succeeds Haiti for Chairmanship of OAS Permanent Council
Above: Honduras’ Leonidas and Haiti’s Duly Brutus (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff Honduras’ Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, Leonidas Rosa Bautista, yesterday assumed the chair of the OAS Permanent Council, succeeding Haitian Ambassador […]
OAS Secretary General Holds Talks with United States Trade Official
Above: US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez and OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza (Photo: OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza held talks Tuesday with Francisco Sanchez, the United States Undersecretary of […]
Guyana and Suriname Meet with OAS
Above: Suriname FM Winston Lackin and OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Donald Ramotar and Suriname Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Lackin both held talks with OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza this […]
Panama Talks Human Rights and Development with OAS
Above: Francisco Alvarez de Soto and Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panamanian Deputy Foreign Minister Francisco Alvarez de Soto met Thursday with OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza for talks focused on human rights […]
Guyana to Host Caribbean Security Forum
Above: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CARICOM Ministers at the launch of the Caribbean Security Initiative (Photo: US Department of State) Guyana will be hosting the Second Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Commission Thursday and Friday […]
Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis Join ALBA
Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada and St Kitts and Nevis have officially joined the Venezuela-led Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America,” better known as ALBA. The two countries are the final two independent […]
Microsoft, OAS Sign Cooperation Pact
Above: signing ceremony in Washington State (Photo: OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States has signed a cooperation agreement with global technology giant Microsoft, it announced this week. The agreement, which took place at Microsoft’s headquarters […]
Haiti’s Lamothe, in Ethiopia, Urges Deeper Ties With Africa
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe speaking to the African Union in Addis Ababa (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Addressing the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa this week, Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe called for a […]
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 […]
In Spain, Haiti’s Martelly Meets With Honduran, Dominican Presidents
Above: Haiti President Michel By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly traveled to Cadiz, Spain this week for the 22nd Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, meeting with several leaders from the Americas. Martelly first visited […]
Panama Fully Joins Central American Integration System, Signs EU Pact
Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli in Honduras (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama has fully joined the Central American Integration System, in a move the country hopes will improve its trade with the region. SICA is Central America’s […]
Haiti’s Michel Martelly, Joined by Sean Penn, Heads to Venezuela
Above: Martelly with Vice-Minister Temir Porras and actor Sean Penn By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly arrived in Caracas Friday for talks with the Venezuelan government and to attend the ALBA summit before he heads to Panama […]
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Meets in Venezuela
By the Caribbean Journal staff The new 33-nation Community of Latin American and Caribbean States began its inaugural conference in Caracas today. A host of Caribbean leaders are attending the Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development, including […]
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