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Antigua Launches Solar Project at Shirley Heights Lookout

Above: the solar panel project By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda’s government has launched a solar panel project at the Nelsons Dockyard Shirley Heights Lookout in Antigua. The six-kilowatt photovoltaic power system is the product of a partnership […]

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Haiti's Martelly, OAS' Jose Miguel Insulza Meet in Santiago

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OAS Sending Team to Grenada Ahead of National Elections

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Haiti: OAS Launches Initiative to Strengthen Office of Citizen Protection

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OAS: "Haiti's Progress Is An Indicator of Our Region's Success or Failure"

Op-Ed: Corruption In the Caribbean
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Green Projects in Belize, Grenada and St Kitts and Nevis Get OAS Grants
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Durandis: A Political Race Against the Clock in Haiti

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Dominican Republic Receives Firearms Marking Machine from OAS
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Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow Holds Talks With OAS' Jose Miguel Insulza
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Altidor: Haiti's Diaspora "Must Play a Critical Role" in Development

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OAS Boosts Haiti Support

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Belize, Suriname Foreign Ministers Meet With OAS in New York
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OAS Begins Project to Digitize Civil Registry Information in Grenada

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of American States has launched a programme to scan birth, death, marriage and adoption documents in Grenada. The move is part of an inititative to ensure all Grenadians have […]

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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 […]

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Haiti's Agriculture Sector Suffered $242 Million in Damage From Storm: Report

Above: the meeting of the OAS’ Group of Friends of Haiti in Washington (OAS Photo/Maria Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff More than 81,000 hectares under cultivation in Haiti have reportedly been damaged by Tropical Storm Isaac, including bananas, […]

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New Turks and Caicos Law to Regulate Financing of Campaigns

By the Caribbean Journal staff In something of a first for the Caribbean, Turks and Caicos Governor Ric Todd has signed into law a Political Activities Ordinance in the territory. The ordinance will come into effect Aug. 28, ahead of […]

Jamaica's Stephen Vasciannie Presents Credentials as OAS Representative

Above: Stephen Vasciannie, Jose Miguel Insulza and Albert Ramdin (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff Stephen Vasciannie, the former principal of Jamaica’s Norman Manley Law School, has presented his credentials as Jamaica’s new Permanent Representative to the […]

Jamaica Receives Firearms Marking Machines from OAS, Following Haiti

Above: the Jamaican delegation at the OAS (OAS Photo/Maria Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica received two firearms marking machines from the Organization of American States Tuesday, a few days after a similar donation to the government of […]

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Haiti and OAS Sign Firearms Marking Agreement in Port-au-Prince

Above: OAS Special Representative Frederic Bolduc (left) and Haiti Justice Minister Jean Renel Sanon (right) (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government and the Organization of American States have signed an agreement for the donation of two firearms […]

El Salvador President, OAS Hold Talks

Above: the talks in San Salvador (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff El Salvador President Mauricio Funes met Thursday with Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza in San Salvador. Funes, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister […]

OAS Condemns Attack on Former Colombian Minister Fernando Londoño

By the Caribbean Journal staff The terror attack against Fernando Londoño Hoyos, the former Colombian Interior and Justice Minister committed in Bogota Tuesday is drawing condemnation from the OAS. Londoño was injured in the blast in a commercial section of […]

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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. […]

Haiti's Young Entrepreneurs Hold Talks With OAS in Washington

Above: the Haitian business delegation (Photo: OAS) By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of young Haitian businessmen traveled to Washington this week to hold talks with Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States. The delegation […]

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 […]