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British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Visits Caribbean
By the Caribbean Journal staff British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson flew to Barbados on Tuesday to begin a journey through the British territories devastated by Hurricane Irma. Johnson flew immediately on a military flight to hard-hit Anguilla, and plans to […]
UK Foreign Secretary Responds to Letter by Turks and Caicos Premier
Above: UK Foreign Secretary William Hague (Photo: FCO) By the Caribbean Journal staff United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague has officially responded to a letter written to him by Turks and Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing last month, saying the […]
Trinidad Foreign Minister Meets With OAS Secretary General
Above: the meeting in Washington (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran met Monday with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza in Washington. The meeting, which followed Trinidad and Tobago […]
Grenada Foreign Minister Meets With OAS Secretary General in Washington
Above: Grenada Foreign Minister Nickolas Steele and OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo/Maria Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Foreign Minister Nickolas Steele met Thursday in Washington with Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the Organization […]
A New Secretary General at the OAS
Above: Luis Almagro Lemes (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States will soon have a new Secretary General. Incoming Secretary General Luis Almagro Lemes will assume office in a ceremony on May 26 at the […]
OAS Elects New Secretary General
Above: new OAS Secretary General-elect Luis Almagro (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States will soon have a new Secretary General. The hemispheric body voted Wednesday to elect former Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro as […]
Puerto Rico Governor Meets With Spain’s Foreign Minister
Above: Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo in San Juan (Photo: OG Puerto Rico) By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla held talks Thursday with Spain’s Foreign Minister, Jose […]
New Costa Rica President Meets With OAS Secretary General
Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solis By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza met Thursday with the new president of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis, […]
CARICOM Secretary General Visits Chile
Above: CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Chilean Foreign Minister Herald Munoz (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque concluded an official visit to Chile on Tuesday. LaRocque was leading a delegation that […]
OAS Secretary General Meets Regional Heads of State in Cuba
Above: Paraguay President Horacio Manuel Cartes, Foreign Minister Eladio Ramon Loizaga and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary Genearl held talks with a number of regional leaders at […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Makes First-Ever Visit to Cuba
Above: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (centre) at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport (UN Photo/Mark Garten) By the Caribbean Journal staff United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is currently visiting Cuba this week for the second summit of the […]
Haiti: UN, Foreign Ambassadors “Welcome” Publication of Electoral Law
Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is welcoming the recent publication of Haiti’s new Electoral Law, the world body announced in a statement. Sandra Honore, Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon […]
ALBA Secretary General Visits Antigua
Above: the meeting with ALBA in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff ALBA Secretary General Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez recently visited Antigua and Barbuda. Alvarez, who was just appointed to lead the Venezuelan-led regional grouping, held talks with Antigua Prime Minister […]
Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Visiting South Korea
Above: Trinidad Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran is currently in South Korea for an official visit. Dookeran’s trip follows a visit to Singapore alongside a group of ministers from […]
CARICOM Secretary General to Make Official Visit to Bahamas
Above: Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque will be making an official visit to the Bahamas beginning Wednesday. LaRocque will meet with Bahamian Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell, National Security Minister Bernard Nottage and […]
Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Arrives in St Kitts and Nevis
Above: Basseterre (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan Foreign Minister David Yung-lo Lin arrived in St Kitts Saturday for an official visit to the twin-island federation, following a trip to St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Taiwanese envoy […]
Belize, Guatemala Foreign Ministers Meet With OAS SG Insulza
Above: Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington and Guatemala Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Carrera held tripartite talks this weekend with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza in Santiago. […]
Haiti Hosts Visit from Secretary General of World Tourism Organization
Above: Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin and WTO SG Taleb Rifai (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taleb Rifai, the Secretary General of the UN’s World Tourism Organization, is currently on a visit to Haiti, joined by Carlos […]
Clinton: Haiti a “Foreign Policy Priority”
Above: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Photo: US Department of State) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti opened the Caracol Industrial Park in northern Haiti, following a ceremony attended by Haiti President Michel Martelly, former US President Bill Clinton, […]
CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque Makes Visit to Belize
Above: CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque began an offiicial to Belize on Monday, the Secretariat announced. LaRocque’s visit included a courtesy call with Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow on […]
Belize, Suriname Foreign Ministers Meet With OAS in New York
Above: OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza and Belize Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington and Suriname Foreign Minister Winston Lackin met with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza in […]
CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque Heading to Jamaica
Above: CARICOM SG Irwin LaRocque (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque will make an official visit to Jamaica on Wednesday. LaRocque will hold talks with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on the first […]
Interview with St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Sam Condor
By Alexander Britell GRENADA – The seventh UK-Caribbean Forum that met in Grenada this weekend looked at a range of areas of cooperation as the Caribbean and the UK open up a “new and more modern relationship” going forward. As […]
Interview with Jamaican Minister of Foreign Affairs AJ Nicholson
By Alexander Britell GRENADA- The seventh UK-Caribbean Forum that met in Grenada this weekend looked at a range of areas of cooperation as the Caribbean and the UK open up a “new and more modern relationship” going forward. At the […]
United Kingdom, Caribbean Hold High-Level Talks in London
Above: regional flags at the talks in London (Photo: UKG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Officials from the British government and across CARICOM met in London this week for high-level talks. The UK side included Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister […]
Op-Ed: The UK-Caribbean Relationship
By Mark Simmonds, MP Op-Ed Contributor GOOD FRIENDS know the importance of communication – it brings us together, allows us to understand one another and resolves problems when they arise. It’s no different between countries. In an age where we […]
Premier Rufus Ewing Warns of Potential for “Chaos” in Turks and Caicos
Above: the Karibe Convention Centre in Haiti (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT-AU-PRINCE — The current state of the affairs in the Turks and Caicos Islands has the potential to throw the territory “into chaos,” Premier Dr Rufus Ewing said […]
Turks and Caicos Premier Asks UK to Recall Governor, Attorney General
Above: Turks and Caicos Premier Rufus Ewing By Alexander Britell Turks and Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing has asked the United Kingdom to recall Governor Ric Todd, Attorney General Huw Shepheard and CFO Hugh McGarel Groves from office. In a […]
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