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15 Caribbean Beaches Where You Can Go Snorkeling Straight From the Sand

The Baths in Virgin Gorda.

You don’t always need a boat to find the Caribbean you dream about. Some of the region’s clearest water and most colorful reefs sit just beyond the shoreline, close enough that all you have to do is step off the sand, lower your mask and let the sea take over. These are the beaches where […]

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Christine Lagarde: Global Economic Crisis "Does Not Recognize Borders"

Above: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde By the Caribbean Journal staff The international community needs a cooperative policy response to economic challenges more than ever before, according to International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde. The IMF chief, who was speaking in Japan, said the global economic outlook had become “regrettably, more worrisome” in the […]

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Barbados PM Heading to Washington for Meetings with Lagarde, Moreno, Zoellick

Above: Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is set to begin a five-day visit to Washington, DC this weekend. The vist will be highlighted by “brief” courtesy calls on Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno, outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick and […]

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IMF's Christine Lagarde: World Economy "Not Out of the Danger Zone"

Above: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (IMF Photo/Dirk Enters) By the Caribbean Journal staff The world economy is “still not out of the danger zone,” International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said following the conclusion of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Mexico City Sunday. “The G20 countries must now […]


Barbados PM Heading to Washington for Meetings with Lagarde, Moreno, Zoellick

Above: Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (Photos: GINA and IMF) Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo met Friday with the newly-appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. The two officials spoke on the issue of climate change, and a new strategy when dealing with funds for battling climate change. […]