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Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Resigns From Office
Above: Laurent Lamothe By Alexander Britell Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe resigned from office on Saturday night, announcing the move in a televised address. The announcement came after Lamothe was effectively forced out of office following the recommendation of a […]
Panama’s New Ministers Take Office
Above: the new ministers with Panama President Ricardo Martinelli (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli officially introduced four new ministers of government in a ceremony Monday. The appointments came after a cabinet shake-up announced by […]
Pananama President Martinelli Names New Minister of the Presidency
Above: Panama President Ricardo Martinelli in 2011 (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Ricardo Martinelli has appointed Foreign Minister Roberto Henriquez as the country’s new Minister of the Presidency. Henriquez replaces Demetrio “Jimmy” Papadimitriu, who had occupied […]
The Caribbean’s First Cable Car System Is Coming to Santo Domingo
By Alexander Britell One of the most innovative urban projects in the Caribbean is soon coming to fruition. It’s called the Teleferico de Santo Domingo, and it’s the region’s first-ever urban cable car system. The project, which has become famous […]
Panama’s Metro Project Moves Forward
Above: construction work on Panama’s new Metro project (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Construction on Panama City’s new Metro is moving forward, with 30 percent of the project completed, according to the government. The first tests runs will […]
New CEO for Hotels in Curacao
As hotel occupancy and rates continue to climb in Curacao, the island now has new leadership for its hotel association, Caribbean Journal has learned. Anuschka Cova has been named as the new chief executive officer of the Curacao Hotel and […]
How Nassau Is Going Sustainable
Another regional city goes sustainable By the Caribbean Journal staff Nassau is now an “emerging sustainable city,” following designation by the Inter-American Development Bank. The designation is part of the IDB’s regional Emerging Sustainable Cities Initiative, which launched locally in Nassau in […]
Panama President Meets With Former Mexico President Vicente Fox
Above: the meeting in Panama City By the Caribbean Journal staff Panama President Juan Carlos Varela met this week with former Mexico President Vicente Fox in the context of the Business Future of the Americas conference. Varela and Fox discussed […]
Haiti, Dominican Republic Sign Trade Pact
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Dominican Minister of the Presidency Gustvao Montalvo in Juan Dolio on Thursday (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Dominican Republic have signed a new trade agreement, the two […]
Haiti, Dominican Republic to Resume Talks This Month in Jacmel
Above: Dominican Republic Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo (Photo: DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Dominican Republic will be resuming their bilateral negotiations this month in the Haitian city of Jacmel. The talks, which will take […]
Haiti, Dominican Republic Hold High-Level Talks in Ouanaminthe
Above: Dominican Republic Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo and Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Dominican Republic held high-level bilateral talks in the northeastern Haitian city of Ouanaminthe on Tuesday. […]
Haiti Readies to Host CARICOM Summit for First Time
Above: the Karibe Hotel in Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will be hosting the 24th Intersessional Meeting of the Heads of Government of CARICOM starting Monday in Port-au-Prince. The two-day summit will be the first time the Heads […]
Haiti’s Martelly, Lamothe Meet With World Bank President Jim Yong Kim
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly received World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in Port-au-Prince Tuesday during the latter’s two-day visit to […]
New Dominican Republic Administration “Evaluating” Economic Situation
Above: new Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina opening the school year in San Juan de la Maguana this week (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff New Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina’s economic team is “evaluating” the economic, financial and […]
Durandis: On Citizenship, Nationality and Haiti’s 1987 Constitution
Above: Jean-Jacques Dessalines By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor After more than two centuries of suffering, humiliation and inhuman conditions, brave slaves and free people of colour revolted against their French masters to proclaim their freedom and the independence of their […]
Haiti’s President Seeks Solution on Former Soldiers Occupying Army Sites
Above: Protesters against UN Peacekeepers in Haiti last month. President Martelly has called for the establishment of a new army to eventually replace MINUSTAH (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) Above: President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff A number […]
The Caribbean Year in Review
For the Caribbean, it was the Year of the Vote. By year’s end, five countries, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Haiti and the British Virgin Islands, will have chosen new leadership, with Jamaicans headed to the polls on Thursday. It […]
Interview with Radio Soleil’s Ricot Dupuy on Martelly, Reconstruction and UN Cholera
By Alexander Britell Three months after new President Michel Martelly took office in Haiti, the country is still without a prime minister, and accordingly, without a government. Haiti’s political situation has drawn the attention of a number of world organizations […]
Irwin Stotzky: Haiti, Here We Go Again
Above: a girl stands in front of her home for persons displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The news from Haiti is grim. Nineteen months after the devastating earthquake, the future […]
Martelly Honours Singer Wyclef Jean
Haitian President Michel Martelly has made Haitian singer and roving ambassador Wyclef Jean a Grand Officer of the National Order of Honor and Merit. Jean, whose own bid for the presidency was denied by the courts after ruling he was […]
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