The water curls around a white sandbar, spreading into shades of turquoise so vivid they almost seem invented. A few miles away, yachts gather near a tiny cay, their hulls suspended above the sea. Beyond them, an empty beach waits behind a stretch of shallow water, with no footprints and no buildings in sight. This […]
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 strongest ally of late President Hugo Chavez in the region. The visit came in the […]
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 period from July 2005 to January 2013, has financed projects at the local and national […]
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 the discussion that has taken place regarding the uncertainty of the PetroCaribe deal because of […]
