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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 […]
Grenada Foreign Minister Visits Qatar
Above: Qatar By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Foreign Minister Nickolas Steele recently wrapped up visit to Qatar. The purpose of the trip was to pave the way for Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell’s upcoming trip to Qatar this […]
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 […]
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird Concludes Visit to Haiti
Above: the talks in Haiti (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Canada Foreign Minister John Baird and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy concluded a visit to Haiti on Monday. The purpose of the trip was […]
St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Sam Condor Resigns
Above: Sam Condor at the UK Caribbean Forum in Grenada last year (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister Sam Condor has tendered his resignation. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the […]
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 […]
JetBlue Launches First-Ever Flights to Guatemala
JetBlue Airways has kicked off its first-ever service to Guatemala City, Caribbean Journal has learned. The carrier is now operating daily service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Guatemala’s La Aurora International Airport. It’s the only daily […]
Antigua and Barbuda Courts Chinese Tourism Market
By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s no bigger potential tourism source market for the Caribbean anywhere on earth — China. And while many destinations have talked about courting tourists from the country, one destination made a measure push this week. Antigua […]
Jamaica Offers Rescued Thai Soccer Team a Vacation
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government will be inviting the 12 boys from a youth soccer team in Thailand and their coach, who were saved in a high-profile rescue from a flooded cave, on vacation. The country is offering […]
United States, Cuba Set to Resume Talks on Reopening Embassies
Above: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States and Cuba will be resuming their high-level bilateral talks next week on re-establishing diplomatic ties and reopening embassies, the State Department […]
Accelerating Entrepreneurship in St Vincent and the Grenadines
Above: St Vincent (CJ Photo) By Gerard Best CJ Contributor Entrepreneurship is getting a boost in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Businesses in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have until April 3 to apply to provide incubation services to entrepreneurs, […]
United States, Cuba to Begin Next Round of Talks Feb. 27
Above: Havana By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States and Cuba are set to continue their newly-launched high-level talks later this week. On Feb. 27, the US and Cuba will hold talks in Washington, DC focusing on “reestablishing diplomatic […]
Turkey President Visits Cuba, Expanding Country’s Caribbean Presence
Above: Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan By the Caribbean Journal staff Step by step, Turkey is showing its strong interest in the Caribbean region. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Havana Tuesday for the beginning of an official visit to Cuba. […]
Haiti Hosts Turks and Caicos Delegation
Above: TCI By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos Governor Peter Beckingham led a delegation to Haiti last week at the invitation of the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The purpose of the visit to Port-au-Prince was to finalize […]
Cayman Islands, Cuba Conclude High-Level Talks on Migration
Above: the Hotel Nacional de Cuba By the Caribbean Journal staff The Cayman Islands and Cuba are working on the development of a new memorandum of understanding following the conclusion of high-level talks in Havana last week. The meetings, which […]
Bahamas, Dominican Republic Sign Technical Cooperation Agreement
Above: Bahamas Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell and and Dominican Republic Deputy Foreign Minister Cesar Dargam Espaillat, respectively (BIS Photo/Eric Rose) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas and the Dominican Republic have signed a technical cooperation agreement, the two sides […]
Brazil and Dominica Sign Pair of Cooperation Agreements
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of Dominica and Brazil have signed a pair of cooperation agreements. The deals include an agreement first proposed at the Brazil-CARICOM summit in 2010 and a $100,000 pact between […]
A New Haiti-Jamaica Flight?
Above: a Sunrise Airways plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally designated Sunrise Airways to operate new flights between Port-au-Prince and Kingston, Jamaica. The Haiti-based Sunrise Airways has been on a rapid expansion push […]
Dominica, Chile Sign Visa Exemption Agreement
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica and Chile have signed a new visa exemption agreement, the two sides announced. The agreement covers holders of diplomatic and official passports; it was first submitted as a draft agreement […]
Caribbean’s First Diplomatic Academy Opens in Trinidad
Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The new Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean officially opened at the University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus in Trinidad on Tuesday. Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla […]
Dominica Looks to Make Roseau “Most Modern Capital” in OECS
Above: Roseau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Dominica is planning to launch a major urban renewal project in its capital, Roseau, according to Alvin Bernard, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bernard, […]
Governments of Dominica and Brazil Sign Visa Waiver Agreement
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of Dominica and Brazil have signed a new visa waiver agreement. The new agreement means residents of Dominica and Brazil can travel between the two countries without the need […]
Suriname Approves Donation For St Lucia
Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Suriname has approved the donation of around $185,185 USD to help St Lucia with relief efforts following last month’s devastating trough system. The donation, announced in a diplomatic note […]
Bahamas and China to Allow Reciprocal Visa Waivers
Above: the Baha Mar By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of the Bahamas and China have agreed to allow mutual 30-day access to Bahamian and Chinese passport holders without requiring a visa. The agreement was signed Thursday in a […]
Dominica and China Sign $8.2 Million Grant Agreement
Above: Roseau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica and China have signed an agreement for $8.2 million in grant aid. The deal was signed last week by Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Chinese Ambassador to Dominica Wang […]
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 […]
Envoy From Vietnam Visits Grenada
Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff A special envoy of Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung visited Grenada this week. Ambassador Le Thanh Tung visited the country to discuss strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries, along with Vietnam’s […]
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