The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in its World Indigenous Day Message, Wednesday, reaffirmed the integral role its indigenous populations play in the Region’s rich tapestry of cultures, noting that their distinct attributes and knowledge systems are recognised and celebrated. Wednesday’s recognit...

There are an estimated 476 million Indigenous Peoples in the world, living across 90 countries, and representing an estimated 7,000 languages and 5,000 different cultures. The Latin America and Caribbean region has one of the largest indigenous populations in the world with an estimated 800 differen...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) reached an agreement to prioritize their joint actions in this region, with a view to strengthening the food and nutrition security of the population and the climate resilience of the agricultura...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Jamaica on attaining its Sixty-First Anniversary of Independence. CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett extended the Community’s congratulations to the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness: “Most Honourable Prime...

(National Cultural Foundation Barbados) Barbados has earmarked Monday, July 31, as the day dedicated to celebrating Caribbean unity with the CARICOM 50th Anniversary Concert! Like many of our neighbouring countries, the Government is staging the concert which will showcase the best in Bajan and C...

Honourable Ministers Distinguished ladies and gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to greet the distinguished gathering on the occasion of this Fifth International Conference of the Pan-African Enterprise Research Council. Congratulations to the Council on your continued commitment to quality...

The Capacity Building in Legal Drafting Project, financed by the European Union under the European Development Fund-Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme (EDF-CRIP) and executed by ARCA Consortium, on behalf of the CARIFORUM Directorate, seeks to build the capacity of CARIFORUM States in the area ...

The Secretariats of regional and integration organizations: Latin American Economic System - SELA, Association of Caribbean States - ACS, Central American Integration System - SICA, Andean Community - CAN, Latin American Integration Association – ALADI and Caribbean Community - CARICOM; participatin...

Heads of Government of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are on a sub-committee that has been established to chart the regional approach to COP28. Heads of Government set up the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee during the just-concluded...

CARICOM Heads of Government will meet with representatives of Cricket West Indies next week to discuss how to better “position the game in the Caribbean so that we could come back to the glorious days”, CARICOM Chairman, the Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, announced on Wednesday. At a press conference at ...