American Airlines has officially launched new nonstop service between Miami and Bimini, adding a new airlift option to one of the closest Caribbean destinations to the United States. The first Miami-Bimini flight touched down in South Bimini Airport on Saturday, and is operating three times per week, with flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Even […]
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is visiting Washington, DC this week. The purpose of the Prime Minister’s visit is to urge donors to mobilize funds toward the eradication of cholera in Haiti, according to a statement from Lamothe’s office. “We have […]
Above: Washington By the Caribbean Journal staff Officials from Cuba and the United States met on Wednesday to discuss implementation of the 1994 and 1995 US-Cuba migration accords. The talks, which are held semi-annually, were led by the United States’ Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Alex Lee and Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, director general […]
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly departing for Washington, DC (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly departed the country on Tuesday for a visit to Washington, DC, the National Palace announced in a statement. The purpose of the visit was to attend a ceremony of officers graduating from the Inter-American […]
Above: the exhibition at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A new exhibition at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington, DC looks celebrates the richness and variety of Jamaican culture. The exhibition, “Roots and Culture Jamaica,” features the photographs of Andrea Cauthen, a member of the Jamaican diaspora who lives […]
Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza (right) and SICA Secretary General Hugo Martinez in Washington, DC (Photo: Organization of American States) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza met Friday with his counterpart from the Central American Integration System (SICA), Hugo Martinez, in Washington, DC. The two […]
Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and ACS Secretary General Alfonso Munera Cavadia in Washington (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Association of Caribbean States Secretary General Alfonso Munera Cavadia held talks Monday in Washington. The discussion focused on “how to build a […]
Above: Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell departed the country Thursday for a visit to Washington. Mitchell is traveling to the US to participate in the annual meetings at the World Bank and the IMF in Washington. The government said Mitchell would put forward […]
Above: the Ronald Reagan Building By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s the Caribbean’s biggest source market for tourism, but the region is now looking to the United States for a wave of new investment. Around 200 US investors and entrepreneurs attended a one-day forum in Washington, DC earlier this month focusing on “Business Opportunities in […]
Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff There are “significant” problems in the way the United States delivers aid to Haiti, according to a report from the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research. The report, Breaking Open the Black Box: Increasing Aid Transparency and Accountability in Haiti, found an “overall lack of […]
Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the UN this week (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar held talks with Inter-American Development Bank Luis Alberto Moreno Wednesday in Washington. The talks focused on “issues relating to Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean region,” according to a government […]
Above: Grenada Foreign Minister Nickolas Steele and OAS SG Jose Miguel Insulza (OAS Photo/Maria Patricia Leiva) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada Foreign Minister Nickolas Steele met Thursday in Washington with Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. The talks focused on issues related to the “development of the Caribbean […]
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