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Aruba’s Autentico Festival Is Returning This October With Local Flavor and Global Talent

This fall, Aruba will once again become the Caribbean’s stage for culinary creativity. The Aruba Tourism Authority has announced the return of Autentico, the island’s signature food festival, set for Oct. 11–19. The weeklong celebration will spotlight the island’s more than 100 nationalities, blending community spirit with international star power. From neighborhood restaurants to global […]

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Guadeloupe Delegation Holds Associate Membership Talks With CARICOM

Above: Guadeloupe (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A delegation from Guadeloupe recently met with CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque for talks on a potential associate membership. Guadeloupe is one of five Caribbean territories that have applied for associate membership in CARICOM. The others include Curacao, Martinique, French Guyana and St Maarten. The […]

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Haiti Hosts Delegation From Vietnam

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe during a visit to Vietnam in 2012 (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff A delegation of Vietnamese investors is visiting Haiti this week. The group includes a group of businessmen from Vietnam and is being led by the country’s vice minister for commerce, according to a statement from […]

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European Union Delegation Visits Haiti

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe with the delegation from the European Union (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met Tuesday with a visiting delegation from the European Union led by Fernando Frutuouso de Melo, the director general of EuropeAid. The EU official was joined on the trip […]

Haiti Hosts Delegation From Vietnam

Above: Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 35-member delegation of private and public sector entities from across the Eastern Caribbean visited the French Caribbean departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe last week. The mission, which was coordinated by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States’ Export Development Unit, was led by Acting Head […]

St Maarten Prime Minister Meets With Delegation From Dutch Parliament

Above: St Maarten Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams recently held talks with a visiting delegation from the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Committee for Kingdom Relations. The talks with the eight-member group took pace at her Cabinet on Friday. They focused on issues including […]

Haiti's Michel Martelly Meets With Delegation From OAS

Above: the Haitian and OAS teams in Port-au-Prince (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly met Friday with a delegation from the Organization of American States in Port-au-Prince. Martelly, who was joined by the country’s new Culture Minister, Monique Rocourt, met with the objective of “preparing for the next Meeting of […]

Barbados Foreign Minister Visits Guyana

Above: Barbados Foreign Minister Maxine McClean (UN Photo/Amanda Volsand) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados Foreign Minister Maxine McClean began an official visit to Guyana this weekend. She was in the country for the second Guyana-Barbados joint commission meeting at the Guyana International Conference Centre, where the two sides discussed developments in agriculture, aviation, education, […]

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. In a statement, Lamothe, who arrives Friday, said the meeting would give an opportunity for […]

Grenada Prime Minister Meets With OECS Director General

Above: PM Keith Mitchell (UN Photo/Mark Garten) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell met Thursday with a delegation from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States led by Director General Len Ishmael. The group, which also included senior director Randolph Cato and coordinator of the Regional Integration Unit, Elma Gene, was […]

Grenada Foreign Minister Meets With Delegation From Turkey

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Foreign Minister Nickolas Steele met Thursday with a delegation from Turkey. The purpose of the visit was to discuss Turkey’s bid to host the Expo 2020 in the city of Izmir. In a statement, Steele extended his “best wishes” to the delegation and expressed “hope […]

Delegation From China's EXIM Bank Begins Visit to Antigua and Barbuda

Above: Antigua (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A delegation from China’s EXIM Bank led by Vice President Zhu Hongji began a visit to Antigua on Wednesday. The purpose of the trip is to observe the construction and status of projects currently being financed by the bank, according to Antigua’s government. Zhu is being […]