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Stuart: Barbados, US in “High-Level” Talks on Rum Subsidies

Above: the Mount Gay Distillery in Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados, other CARICOM states and the Dominican Republic are currently engaged in “high-level” talks with United States officials on the issue of rum subsidies, according to […]

Op-Ed: Rum Subsidies in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

By Frank Ward Op-Ed Contributor RUM HAS A SPECIAL PLACE in the hearts and minds of Caribbean people. It is the product of an industry mainly comprised of small, local distillers which, as a significant economic operator, brings much […]

It’s Time for New Thinking on Caribbean Airlift

BY KAREEM YARDE CJ Contributor As a relatively unexplored topic, I recently wrote a research proposal concerning airline route development in the Caribbean region. This overarching review suggests that this is certainly a topic which the Caribbean region stands to […]

Improving the Caribbean Air Transport System

New perspectives on improving Caribbean air travel By Ralph J. Blanchard Op-Ed Contributor Depending on how one choses to define the region, the groupings of islands represented under the “Caribbean” designation can range in population anywhere from over 40 million inhabitants […]

How This Caribbean Hotel Is Helping Homeless Dogs and Cats

Like many Caribbean islands, Aruba has had a long battle with overpopulation of dogs and cats. But now one hotel has a creative idea to help tackle the problem. Aruba’s Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort has launched a new program […]

Developing Air Routes in the Caribbean

By Kareem Yarde Op-Ed Contributor “Graduates, go change your world!” That was final source of ignition which honorary graduate of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus Dr Pamela Coke Hamilton left with this year’s graduating class of […]

Op-Ed: Climate Change and the Caribbean

By George Nicholson and Anastasia Ramjag Op-Ed Contributors This debate surrounding our climate has polarized the world into two different groups for a long time; some theorists maintain that an intrinsic characteristic of climate is that it changes while a […]

This is the Biggest Question Facing Caribbean Air Transport

What kind of regional air transport system does the Caribbean want? By Kareem Yarde Op-Ed Contributor It was proclaimed that the 2015 restructuring plan of regional carrier LIAT — announced by the major shareholding governments (Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, […]

How the Red Cross Failed Haiti

Above: The Red Cross promised to build hundreds of new homes in Campeche but none have been built. Many residents still live in crude shacks. (Marie Arago, special to ProPublica) By Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPR THE NEIGHBORHOOD […]

Trinidad Receives $40 Million CDB Loan for Energy Policy Changes

Above: Clint Ramcharan, Director for Trinidad and Tobago (left) with CDB President, Dr Warren Smith By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has received a $40 million policy-based loan from the Caribbean Development Bank to help reinforce “policy changes” […]

The Caribbean’s Air Transport Challenge

By Kareem Yarde Op-Ed Contributor This piece is informed by recent academic research which I conducted on aviation liberalization in CARICOM (Caribbean Community). There have been attempts in CARICOM towards aviation liberalization so that the region could also achieve the […]

Puerto Rico Governor Signs Bill on Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises

Above: Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has signed a bill aiming to boost small and medium-sized enterprises on the island. The new law has several provisions: it reserves […]

IMF: Haiti on Track For 3 to 4 Percent GDP Growth in 2014

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Preliminary data suggests that economic activity in Haiti has advanced in line with projections, the International Monetary Fund said this week following its staff visit to the country. Data from the […]

Panama: IDB Approves $20 Million Loan For Rural Electrification

Above: Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $20 million loan to Panama to help finance a rural electrification programme in the country. The project aims to provide electricity for 10,000 rural households, many […]

Op-Ed: The United States and Sugar Policy in the Caribbean

By Isabel Wees Op-Ed Contributor In 2001, President George W Bush launched the Caribbean Third Border Initiative with the countries of the Caribbean “to make sure the benefits of globalization are felt in even the smallest economies.” The Third Border […]

IMF: Bahamian Economy Recovering at “Painfully Slow Pace”

Above: the Bahamas By the Caribbean Journal staff The economy of the Bahamas is recovering from the effects of the global financial crisis, but at a “painfully slow pace,” according to the International Monetary Fund, which recently concluded its Article […]

Why the Caribbean Needs to Go Green

Above: a wind farm in Nevis (CJ Photo) By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor NO, THE FOCUS of the following is not going to be on the impending doom of global climate change and the peril that island nations will […]

S&P Affirms Rating on Puerto Rico; Outlook Remains Negative

Above: San Juan (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its “BBB-” rating on the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s general obligation and appropriation debt, the New York-based ratings firm announced on Wednesday. The rating reflected […]

Haiti: United Nations Says Tent Camp Population Down to 172,000

Above: a tent camp in Haiti in 2011 (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The number of Haitians living in tent camps as a result of the 2010 earthquake has fallen to 172,000, according to the United Nations’ […]

Paul Hay: CARICOM and Caribbean Economic Development

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor In 1963, the Centre for Developing-Area Studies (CDAS) was established at the McGill University in Canada. William G. Demas – then Head of the Economic Planning Division of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, served […]

The Future of PetroCaribe

By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor At the end of June, leaders from around the Caribbean region met in Nicaragua for the 8th PetroCaribe Summit. Created with the largesse of Hugo Chavez, the cornerstone of PetroCaribe has been the discounted […]

IMF Lowers Haiti Growth Forecast, Citing Weak Agricultural Recovery

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The IMF has lowered its growth forecast for Haiti to 3.4 percent from 6.5 percent, the Fund announced following the visit of a mission to Haiti. Despite what it called a […]

CARICOM “Determined” to Find Solution on Rum Dispute With United States

Above: the Mount Gay distillery in Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Community is “determined” to find a resolution on its ongoing trade dispute with the United States involving rum, the regional body announced last week […]

IMF: Trinidad and Tobago’s Economy to Grow 1.5 Percent in 2013

Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is projected to grow by around 1.5 percent in 2013, according to the International Monetary Fund, which concluded an Article IV mission to the country this week. […]

Op-Ed: Chavez and the Caribbean

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor What be will the impact of Hugo Chavez’s death upon the Caribbean and the Hemisphere at large? It’s likely that, eventually, the bilateral relationship between Venezuela and Cuba, which was predicated on the personal relationship […]

Report Urges US Lawmakers to Promote Agricultural Imports from Haiti

Above: farmers in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Congress should help foster agricultural imports from Haiti, according to an issue brief from the Washington, DC-based think tank the Heritage Foundation. The report brief, […]

Lurel Urges French Overseas Departments to “Break the Chains of Fate”

Above: Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff French Overseas Minister Victorin Lurel urged the French overseas departments to “break the chains of fate” in his 2013 New Year’s address. Guadeloupe’s Lurel, who first sent out […]

Op-Ed: The Caribbean Cliff We Must Avoid

By Hon. Donna Christensen US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress AS WASHINGTON frantically scrambles to prevent the United States from falling over the proverbial Fiscal Cliff, I am concerned to hear rumblings of a potential World Trade Organization (WTO) […]

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