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St Maarten’s Top All-Inclusive Just Named a New GM

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Sonesta Resorts St. Maarten has appointed Bernard Mazet as its new General Manager, effective immediately. In the role, Mazet will oversee operations and provide strategic leadership for Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Sonesta Ocean Point, bringing more than 30 years of international hospitality experience across luxury and all-inclusive resorts worldwide. Mazet most recently served as […]

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Haiti PM Visits Washington

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 […]

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Cuba, United States Hold Semi-Annual Talks on Migration

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 […]

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Haiti's Martelly Heads to Washington

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 […]


Cuba, United States Hold Semi-Annual Talks on Migration

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 […]

OAS, SICA Secretaries General Hold Talks

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 […]

OAS, Association of Caribbean States SGs Hold Talks in Washington

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 […]

Grenada PM Heads to Washington

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 […]

The Caribbean Courts US Investors

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 […]

Report Finds "Troubling" Lack of Transparency in US Aid to Haiti

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 […]

Trinidad Prime Minister Holds Talks With IDB President in Washington

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 […]

Grenada Foreign Minister Meets With OAS Secretary General in Washington

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 […]