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Op-Ed: Integrating the Caribbean and Central America
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Haiti's Lamothe, in Chile, Urges Deeper Integration With Latin America

Above: Haiti Prime Minister (right) in Santiago (Photo: OPM Haiti) By Alexander Britell Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe visited Santiago, Chile, this week, attending the inauguration of President Michelle Bachelet and urging deeper ties with the Latin American region. In a phone interview with Caribbean Journal, Lamothe said the relationship between Haiti and Latin America […]

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LaRocque: ICT Is the New Frontier For Caribbean Integration

Above: CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque By the Caribbean Journal staff Information and Communication Technology is the new frontier for regional integration in the Caribbean, CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque said in a speech Friday. The Secretary General, who was addressing the opening ceremony of the Forty-Eighth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and […]

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Dominican Republic Assumes Chairmanship of SICA

Above: SICA Headquarters in El Salvador By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic has assumed the chairmanship of the Central American Integration System (SICA). Dominican President Danilo Medina assumed the role of President Pro Tempore of the regional body for the January-to-June term. Medina was in Panama for the SICA Heads of Government Summit […]

LaRocque: ICT Is the New Frontier For Caribbean Integration

Above: Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran By the Caribbean Journal tsaff The Caribbean’s integration movement needs to adapt to the effects of the global financial crisis. That’s the thesis put forward by Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran, who says integration needs to be based on a new development paradigm “that is better able to […]

Report Urges OECS Economic Integration for Martinique, Guadeloupe

 Above: Fort de France, Martinique (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Given their proximity to the Eastern Caribbean and particularly St Lucia, the French departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe should be integrated with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States as much as possible, according to the recommendations of a report recently released by the […]

WTO Director General Urges Greater Integration in the Caribbean

 Above: CARICOM Headquarters By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean region needs closer integration, according to Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organization. Pointing to the history of the region, Lamy said the best way to honour the architects of the Caribbean community was to “recommit to regional integration as the most successful […]

OECS Regional Assembly to Hold First Sitting Next Week

 Above: the OECS Regional Assembly in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Assembly will hold its first official sitting on Tuesday. The regional assembly, consists of a group of appointed government and opposition Parliamentarians from each OECS member state. It was inaugurated in Antigua in the summer of 2012, […]

LaRocque: Haiti Has Taken "Rightful Place" in CARICOM

Above: flags at the CARICOM summit in Haiti (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT-AU-PRINCE — The Caribbean Community officially began its summit of regional leadership here Monday, a moment CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque called “historic.” Haiti is hosting the conference for the first time since it acceded to the Caribbean Community in 2002. LaRocque, […]

Haiti's President, in Santiago, Vows Commitment to Regional Integration

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly continued his visit to Chile this week vowing Haiti’s commitment to regional integration. The Haitian leader is in Santiago this week for the EU-CELAC talks and the the CELAC Summit. “My presence here demonstrates the willingness to integrate […]

Cuba Assumes CELAC Presidency

Above: Cuba President Raul Castro (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba has assumed the rotating presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, following the regional body’s summit in Santiago this weekend. Cuba President Raul Castro, who assumes the presidency, in a government release, called it a “great honour” to […]

Suriname President Desi Bouterse Takes Over as CARICOM Chairman

 Above: Suriname President Desi Bouterse (UN Photo/Marco Castro) By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname President Desi Bouterse has taken over as CARICOM Chairman, following the completed term of St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas as chairman. “By changing the way we do things, this Community will be a changed one — for […]