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These 10 Caribbean Islands Are Small, Quietly Cool, and Full of Personality

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Riding a flats boat through the mangroves, the engine cut low, water so clear you can see the bottom slide past. Walking a beach long enough that the footprints behind you disappear before you reach the next bend. Standing at the edge of a dock while a resident grouper circles below, close enough that you […]

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Altidor: Haiti's Diaspora "Must Play a Critical Role" in Development

Above: the Global Haitian Diaspora Congress (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza addressed the opening of the Global Haitian Diaspora Congress in Washington on Friday, highlighting what he saw as the efforts of Haiti President Michel Martelly to plan long-term projects and work […]

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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 New York Wednesday. Elrington’s discussions focused on the region’s current political context and on Belize’s […]

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Suriname, OAS Sign Agreement to Combat Illegal Arms Trafficking

Above: Suriname Ambassador to the OAS Niermela Hindori-Badrisingh (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname and the Organization of American States signed an agreement Tuesday for the donation of a firearms marking machine to the country. Suriname is the latest Caribbean country to sign such an agreement with the regional body. The initiative […]


Belize, Suriname Foreign Ministers Meet With OAS in New York

Above: Panama’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Guillermo Cochez (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama is the latest regional country to receive a firearms marking machine from the Organization of American States, as part of an initiative to combat illegal arms. The programme, which is already underway in 23 countries in […]

OAS Calls Confirmation of Lamothe "A Step Forward" for Haiti's Stability

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza By the Caribbean Journal staff The confirmation of Haiti Foreign Minister Laurent Lamothe as the country’s next Prime Minister represented a “step forward for the political process and the stability of Haiti,” according to Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza. The Secretary General congratulated the […]

Chile, OAS Look to Combat Violence Against Women in Eastern Caribbean

Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Chile and the Organization of American States have signed a Letter of Intent to strengthen capacities in the area of violence against women in the Eastern Caribbean. The initiative targets violence against women in Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Kitts and […]

Belize and Guatemala Agree on 2013 Date for Territorial Referenda

Above: Belize’s Wilfred Elrington and Guatemala’s Harold Caballeros (OAS Photo/Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize and Guatemala’s Foreign Ministers have agreed on a date for simultaneous referenda in the two countries on the issue of Guatemala’s territorial claim to the International Court of Justice. The two countries will each hold a referendum on […]

Dominican Republic and OAS Discuss Prison Policies in the Region

Above: Dominican Republic Attorney General Radhames Jimenez and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic Attorney General Radhames Jimenez met Thursday with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza to discuss penitentiary policies in the region. The two sides stressed the need to further expand […]

Dominican Republic and OAS Sign Agreement on Electoral Observation

Above: the signing ceremony in Washington (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic and the Organization of American States today signed an agreement on the privileges and immunities of the observers who will oversee the country’s presidential general elections and Ultramar Congress elections on May 20. In the country’s upcoming […]

Belize, Suriname Meet With OAS

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Suriname Foreign Minister Winston Lackin (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize Foreign Minister Wilfred Erlington held a meeting Wednesday in Cartagena with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza. The two are in Cartagena for the Sixth Summit of the Americas. The meeting […]

OAS Secretary General Holds Talks with United States Trade Official

Above: US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez and OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza (Photo: OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza held talks Tuesday with Francisco Sanchez, the United States Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade. Sanchez was participating at the Private Sector Forum Dialogue “Connecting Companies, […]

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