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Jamaica Set for Tourism Resilience Summit
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is set to host a major new tourism conference this week. It’s called the Tourism Resilience Summit, and it’s bringing together stakeholders from the Caribbean and the Americas to look at ways to build […]
Jamaica to Host Tourism Resilience Summit
By the Caribbean Journal staff Another high-profile tourism conference is coming to the island of Jamaica. Jamaica is set to host the Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas in September, according to Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. The summit will […]
US Vice President Joe Biden to Host Caribbean Energy Security Summit
Above: US Vice President Joe Biden By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden will be hosting the first-ever Caribbean Energy Security Summit later this month. The summit will be held in Washington, DC on Jan. 26. […]
Martelly: Biden Visit “Important Precursor” to Summit With Obama
Above: the CARICOM Heads of Government in Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff The visit to Trinidad and Tobago this week by United States Vice President Joe Biden was an “important precursor” to a summit with US President Barack Obama, […]
Interview with Mary Anastasia O’Grady on US Policy in the Americas, China and Haiti
Above: Guatemala’s Otto Perez Molina, Haiti’s Michel Martelly and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez By Alexander Britell This week, heads of state from around the region will gather in Cartagena, Colombia for the Sixth Summit of the Americas, on the theme of […]
Pope Francis and the Caribbean
By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor The 1st Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis of Argentina, may well be considered the 1st pope of Latin America and the Caribbean. Within a few years, the leader of […]
Panama’s Copa Airlines Just Paid $6.6 Billion for New Planes
Above: a Boeing 737 MAX By the Caribbean Journal staff One of the Caribbean Basin’s leading carriers is getting bigger. Panama-based Copa Airlines recently agreed with Boeing on the purchase of 61 new 737 MAX 8 and 9 aircraft. The […]
White House Acts to Remove Cuba From Terrorism Sponsor List
Above: US President Barack Obama at the recent Summit of the Americas in Panama (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States President Barack Obama has acted to remove Cuba from the US government’s list of states that sponsor […]
In Historic Meeting, Barack Obama, Raul Castro Talk in Panama
Above: US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro By the Caribbean Journal staff This week’s Summit of the Americas in Panama was significant for a number of reasons — none more so than Cuba’s first-ever attendance of the […]
Barack Obama Visits Jamaica, Urges Caribbean on Green Energy
Above: US President Barack Obama in Jamaica By the Caribbean Journal staff United States President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to visit Jamaica in more than 33 years with a visit to Jamaica this week. Obama arrived on […]
US State Department Officials Visiting Haiti, Dominican Republic
Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Two top United States officials are visiting Haiti and the Dominican Republic this week. Counselor Thomas A Shannon and Special Coordinator for Haiti Thomas C Adams are traveling to the two […]
United States President Barack Obama to Visit Jamaica
Above: United States President Barack Obama By Alexander Britell United States President Barack Obama will be visiting the Caribbean next month. In what will be his first visit to the region since 2011, Obama will be making an official visit […]
Barack Obama’s New Caribbean Push
Above: US President Barack Obama By Alexander Britell It’s been six years since United States President Barack Obama made his first visit to the Caribbean, on the occasion of the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain. And it’s […]
John Kerry, Panama Vice President Meet
Above: Panama Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Secretary of State John Kerry met Tuesday in Washington with Panama’s Vice President, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado. The talks were a […]
Interview with Hyatt Regency Trinidad General Manager Russell George
Above: the Hyatt Regency Trinidad (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell It was not a coincidence that United States Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping both visited Port of Spain within a seven-day period at the end of […]
Bahamas, St Kitts and Nevis PMs Meet With OAS Secretary General
Above: OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza and St Kitts and Nevis PM Dr Denzil Douglas (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie, St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas met this week OAS […]
Op-Ed: Is it Time For President Obama to Visit the Caribbean?
By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor DIFFERENT US PRESIDENTS have had different attitudes to the Caribbean, from President Ronald Reagan, who made a high-profile visit to Jamaica (and ordered the invasion of Grenada to) to Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, […]
Is Trinidad the Capital of the Caribbean?
By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor On Tuesday, United States Vice President Joe Biden met with CARICOM leaders in Port of Spain as part of a regional tour with scheduled stops in Colombia and Brazil. Perhaps even more intriguing is […]
Joe Biden to Begin Trinidad Visit
Above: Joe Biden By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden begins his visit to Trinidad and Tobago on Monday. Biden’s visit follows a trip to Trinidad and Tobago by US President Barack Obama in 2009, although […]
US Vice President Joe Biden to Visit Trinidad and Tobago
Above: Joe Biden (Photo: OVP) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr Jill Biden, will visit Trinidad and Tobago later this month as part of a hemispheric tour that will include trips […]
New Panama Ambassador to the Organization of American States
Above: Ambassador Arturo Ulysses Vallarino Bartuano By the Caribbean Journal staff Arturo Ulysses Vallarino Bartuano is the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Panama to the Organization. Vallarino presented his credentials to the Chief of Staff of the Secretary […]
Trinidad Hosting US Security Delegation
Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad is currently hosting a delegation from the United States for the third Caribbean-United States Cooperation Dialogue on Wednesday. The dialogue marks the third year of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, […]
Colombia President: Haiti’s Recovery “Requires Our Continuous Support”
Above: Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos (UN Photo/J Carrier) By the Caribbean Journal staff The international community must continue full engagement with Haiti, Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New […]
Op-Ed: What Barack Obama’s New Immigration Policy Means for Jamaica
By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor Jamaican-American citizens were positively surprised by US President Barack Obama’s bold move to permit young illegal immigrants to work and study in the United States. One of the major problems fueling crime in Jamaica is […]
Guatemala and Honduras Presidents Hold Regional Security Talks
Above: Honduras President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and Guatemala President Otto Perez Molina By the Caribbean Journal staff Guatemala President Otto Perez Molina and Honduras President Porfirio Lobo Sosa met in Guatemala City Wednesday for talks focused on regional security. The […]
Martelly Returning to Haiti Monday
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly will return to Haiti on Monday, following two weeks of absence after shoulder surgery, the National Palace announced Friday. Martelly, who underwent surgery on […]
Haiti’s Martelly Discharged from Hospital
Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly has been discharged from his Miami-area hospital, the National Palace announced today. Martelly left the hospital Wednesday night after making “many advances” in the […]
Haiti’s Martelly “In Contact” with Cabinet, Health Remains Stable
Above: Prime Minister-Designate Laurent Lamothe and President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President Michel Martelly said he has been staying in “constant contact” with members of his cabinet and government officials while he in Miami […]
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