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This Aruba Resort Has Wide Open Sand, Thoughtful Sustainability, and Adults-Only Vacations

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You don’t just feel the quiet. You absorb it. It almost feels impossibly serene, unimaginably relaxing.  Sure, Eagle Beach can feel wide and open even on its busiest days, but the resort has carved out a pocket of genuine calm — a stretch of soft sand and low-rise buildings where adults can settle into their […]

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Haiti, Dominican Republic Private Sectors Look to Deepen Ties

Above: Juan Dolio By the Caribbean Journal staff The private sectors of Haiti and the Dominican Republic are working to promote greater cooperation. Dominican Business leaders participating in the Quisqueya Business Initiative recently met with Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina to monitor the progress of that work. The Quisqueya initiative, named for the Taino name […]

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Turkey to Deepen Caribbean Ties

Above: Istanbul By the Caribbean Journal staff Turkey is planning to strengthen its ties with the Caribbean region. The country announced its plans at a consultation and cooperation meeting with CARICOM earlier this month, held at Turkey’s invitation. Turkey signaled its “clear and long-term engagement” to strengthen its ties with the region, from plans to […]

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Barbados, Switzerland Eye Stronger Ties

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados and Switzerland are looking at ways to strengthen their bilateral relations, according to the Barbadian government. Barbados Industry Minister Donville Inniss recently held a meeting with Swiss Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Sabine Ulmann Shaban, discussing potential avenues of cooperation including tourism and […]


Turkey to Deepen Caribbean Ties

Above: Petion-Ville (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Dominican Republic are currently at odds over a recent Dominican court case that could strip hundreds of thousands of Haitians of their Dominican Republic citizenship. Despite increased tensions, however, a pair of delegations from the neighbours on Hispaniola met in Haiti last week […]

Bahamas, Qatar Form Diplomatic Ties

Above: Ambassadors Mohamed Bin Abdulla Al-Rumaihi and Elliston Rahming (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas has formally established diplomatic relations with Qatar. The move was made official at a ceremony last week at Qatar’s embassy in Washington, with Bahamian Permanent Representative to the OAS Dr Elliston Rahming signing for the Bahamas. The […]

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, in Guyana, Vows to Strengthen Ties

Above: Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro made his first official visit to Guyana on Saturday, vowing to deepen cooperation between the South American neighbours. Maduro held talks with his Guyanese counterpart, Donald Ramotar, saying the meeting had yielded progress in the areas of energy, economy, culture and […]

Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Visiting South Korea

Above: Trinidad Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran is currently in South Korea for an official visit. Dookeran’s trip follows a visit to Singapore alongside a group of ministers from around the Caribbean for the first-ever Singapore-CARICOM High-Level Ministerial Exchange last week. His South Korea […]

Japan Planning to Deepen CARICOM Ties

Above: Japan By the Caribbean Journal staff Japan is planning to strengthen its ties with the Caribbean Community, according to Ambassador Akira Yamada, the director general of Japan’s Foreign Ministry. Yamada, who was speaking at the opening of this week’s Sixteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultation in Guyana, said the country’s “increased interest” had come thanks to its […]

Grenada, Kuwait Form Diplomatic Ties

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada has formalized diplomatic relations with Kuwait, the government announced this week. Grenada Foreign Minister Nickolas Steele and Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi, Kuwait’s permanent representative to the United Nations, recently signed a “Jointed Communique” to establish ties. Grenada had already been receiving financial support through the Kuwait […]

St Lucia, Chile Looking to Strengthen Bilateral Relations

Above: Santiago By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia and Chile say they are making a commitment to strengthening bilateral ties. Last week, St Lucia Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy accepted the credentials of Chile’s new Ambassador to the country, Eduardo Bonilla, who The two sides have deepened ties over the year as Chile has […]