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Meliá Is Opening a New All-Inclusive Resort on a Tiny Caribbean Island, With Help From Rafael Nadal

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The former Meliá Cozumel is becoming ZEL Cozumel, the Rafael Nadal-backed brand’s first all-inclusive resort in Mexico, when it debuts this fall along a 1,000-foot stretch of white-sand beach. There’s a new all-inclusive resort coming to one of Mexico’s most beloved islands this fall, and it’s arriving with a famous name attached. Meliá Hotels International […]

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Aruba, Curacao, St Maarten Prime Ministers Visit Colombia, Venezuela

Above: the Dutch Caribbean delegation By the Caribbean Journal staff The Prime Ministers of Aruba, Curacao and St Maarten visited Colombia and Venezuela this past weekend, joining Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on their visit to the islands’ two largest neighbours. Aruba Prime Minister Mike Eman, Curacao Prime Minister Ivar Asjes and St Maarten […]

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Antigua PM Heads to New York

Above: Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer is leading a delegation to the UN General Assembly this week. Spencer’s visit comes as Antigua’s own John Ashe readies to serve as President of the current session of the General Assembly. Spencer will also be holding […]

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Haiti Prime Minister Heads to Europe

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is visiting Europe this week for a five-day visit to the continent . Lamothe will visit France and Belgium on the trip, with the primary goal of attracting new investment in Haiti, according to a statement from his office. […]

Antigua PM Heads to New York

 Above: Curacao Prime Minister Ivar Asjes By the Caribbean Journal staff Curacao Prime Minister Ivar Asjes is visiting The Netherlands for the first time since taking office in June. Asjes met with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the Ministry of General Affairs in Amsterdam, according to a statement from the government of the Netherlands. […]

Belize Prime Minister Visits London

 Above: Belize PM Dean Barrow By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow arrived in London Sunday for an official visit to the United Kingdom. Barrow was met in London by a representative of Secretary of State William Hague and the High Commissioner for Belize to the UK. The trip will include an […]

Jamaican Prime Minister Visits China

 Above: Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has arrived in Beijing for a five-day official visit to China. Simpson Miller’s visit comes after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s visit to Trinidad and Tobago in July. The trip will include […]

Dominica Prime Minister Heading to Paris For Geothermal Talks

Above: Roseau, Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is heading to Paris this week to meet with representatives of the Agence Française de Développement for talks on Dominica’s geothermal project. Skerritt will lead a delegation including Energy Minister Rayburn Blackmoore, Vince Henderson, Edward Lambert, chairman of the Technical […]

Curacao Swears In New Prime Minister

 Above: New Prime Minister Ivar Asjes By the Caribbean Journal staff Ivar Asjes will lead a new government in Curacao, following his swearing-in last week. Asjes succeeds Daniel Hodge as Prime Minister, who had been serving on a provisional basis since 2012. Asjes’ installation as PM came one month after the assassination of Helmin Wiels, […]

Haiti Diaspora Minister Resigns

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bernice Fidelia, Haiti’s Minister of Haitians Living Abroad, has resigned from the country’s Cabinet, according to a statement from the office of Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. Fidelia will be replaced “until further notice” by Foreign Minister Pierre Richard Casimir. It is the latest departure from […]

Dutch Foreign Minister Meets With St Maarten Prime Minister

 Above: St Maarten By the Caribbean Journal staff Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans continued his Caribbean tour with a visit to St Maarten last week and a meeting with Prime Minister Sarah Wescot Williams. Timmermans, who has visited Aruba, Curacao and St Maarten on the trip, discussed the foreign policy of the Kingdom. “It is […]

Grenada Prime Minister Urges Creation of OECS Sports Academies

Above: Kirani James By the Caribbean Journal staff How can the Caribbean develop more athletes like Kirani James? Once-in-a-generation talents like the Grenadian star don’t come around often, but that doesn’t mean the region can’t develop more high-grade athletic stars to compete on the world stage. And according to Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell, […]