CARICOM and Latin America after Chávez

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Much comment has been made, following the recent death of President Hugo Chávez, emphasizing forebodings about the fate of the PetroCaribe initiative and other forms of assistance, including the creation of the Alba; and the effects of any disappearance of these initiativ...
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Patterson blasts UN for ‘anti-Haiti’ cholera stand

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Former Jamaican Prime Minister P J Patterson has blasted the decision by the United Nations to invoke "legal immunity" for rejecting compensation claims by some 5,000 Haitian victims of cholera. "It is simply appalling, a most reprehensible behaviour... for the UN to cl...
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Prime Minister hints at early poll, wants clean sweep

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has hinted at an early general election and has already told supporters that he intends to follow the record set by Grenada’s ruling New National Party (NNP) of a clean sweep of the seats in the upcoming poll. Speaking at a public...
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New study highlights non-tariff barriers to trade

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica is the second Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to have participated in a survey conducted by an international organization assessing enterprises in developing countries to help them better understand the non-tariff barriers to trade. The International Tra...
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EDITORIAL: Barbados and Hugo Chavez’s Petrocaribe

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - It is good to know that at this time when rising fuel prices continue to impact on the general cost of living, fresh thinking is being encouraged for Barbados to revisit its absence from among the countries of the Caribbean that have long been beneficiaries of Venezuela’...
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Govt reflects on Chávez’s PetroCaribe initiative

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The revolutionary PetroCaribe initiative that allowed signatory nations to benefit from subsidised Venezuelan fuel and the role its architect Hugo Chávez, the late President of Venezuela played as a patron in Latin American and Caribbean integration, were among the highli...
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Guyana dealing with outbreak of gastroenteritis

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Less than 24 hours after Barbados declared an alert following an increase in gastroenteritis on the island, health authorities in Guyana say they are monitoring reports of an outbreak of the infection of the lining of the digestive tract in the north west district tha...
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Natasha Jervier takes on CARICOM health issues

ROSEAU, Dominica - Dominica’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Natasha Jervier, has been charged with the responsibility of promoting issues affecting health in the regional union. Jervier recently joined other youth ambassadors from across the region for internship at the CARICOM Secretariat in Guya...
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Clinton awards more than $700,000 to Haiti farms

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A charity for former U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded more than $700,000 to develop the country's agriculture sector. The Clinton Foundation announced Monday that the grants will go toward efforts to plant trees, build a coffee farm and train farmers. Clinton h...
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