Introduction The Florida-Caribbean relationship is both historical and strategic. The Caribbean benefitted in the World War II and post-World War II periods as significant numbers of Caribbean farm workers found employment building the Florida Sugar and Citrus Industries. The strong agrarian Flori...

Two months after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Round of talks broke down in Cancun Mexico, CARICOM Ministers of Trade seek to assert the Caribbean’s position for the resumption of negotiations and offer their perspective on the way forward. Meeting with Director General of the WTO, Dr S...

CARICOM Heads of Government, in London en route to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Abuja, Nigeria, met over breakfast with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair today at his invitation. They took the opportunity at this the latest in their biennial discussions, to exchange views on ...

Caribbean Trade Ministers will meet with the Mexican Foreign Minister and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, (WTO), Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday 28 November, 2003. H.E Ernesto Derbez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico was the Chairman of the Fifth ...

CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington is closing off a busy year with a heavy schedule of engagements, which began last weekend. On Sunday, Mr. Carrington left the Region with the Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers, the Hon. K. D. Knights, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Forei...

Following their decision of last July in Montego Bay, Jamaica, CARICOM Heads of Government will meet in special session in Castries, Saint Lucia on November 13-14, 2003 with a view to maintaining the momentum regarding a number of issues discussed at that July meeting. The Heads of Government are ...

The Fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference came to an end in Cancún, Mexico, September 14. However, the ‘endgame’ was not the result WTO members had hoped for. The Cancún summit closed with no consensus on key items on its agenda. Members failed to br...

Today the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico, at which all Caribbean Countries were present, ended without agreement on the many key issues. Billed as a Conference to advance the Doha Development Round of Trade Negotiations, the Conference collapsed on the...

In a brief ceremony held at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, last Thursday (4th September), the Secretary General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington received on behalf of the people of the Community a Plaque to mark the distinction of co-operation between the Region, ...

Chairman and Members of CARICOM, Host Minister Hon. Clement Rohee, outgoing Chair Hon Margaret Dyer-Howe, Colleague Ministers, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Representatives of Member Governments, Representatives of Inter-Hemispheric and Regional Governments, Ambassador Richard Berna...