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A view of the U.S. and Cuban flags prior to the signing of agreements between the Port of Cleveland and the Cuban Maritime authorities in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 6, 2017. | Photo: Reuters

CUBA | US Marks Bay of Pigs Anniversary by Imposing New Sanctions Against Cuba

WASHINGTON DC, April 17, 2019 - The Trump administration today marked the US defeat at The Bay of Pigs, by imposing fresh sanctions against Cuba with the re-imposition of limits on the amount of money Cuban Americans can send to relatives on the island and ordering new restrictions on U.S. citizen, non-family travel to Cuba.

April 17, 2019
Published in Latin America

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left) in discussion with Secretary General, CARICOM and the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, during the meeting of the CARIFORUM Post-Cotonou Caucus of Ministers at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on April 14.

Negotiations Launched for CARIFORUM Regional Protocol

KINGSTON, April 15, 2019 - Negotiations have been formally launched for a Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Regional Protocol.

April 16, 2019
Published in CARICOM

Caribbean Creative Professionals prepped to access export prospects to European Union

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 4, 2019. Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and T&T Coalition of services Industries hosted a Cultural and Creative Industries Workshop in Trinidad and Tobago.

April 4, 2019
Published in Business & Economy

The issue of blacklisting by the EU was raised with President of Estonia (l), pictured here with the CARICOM Chair (r) and Secretary-General (c)

CARICOM | Shifting EU Goalposts Demand Unified Regional Response

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 12019 - In the face of shifting goalposts and the deleterious effects of blacklisting of CARICOM Member States by the European Union, CARICOM is moving to intensify lobbying efforts and outreach to craft a credible process that is sensitive to the challenges they face.

March 1, 2019
Published in CARICOM

CARICOM Secretary General Irwin Larocque, addressing the opening session of the 30th Intersessional Meetin g of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.

CARICOM | EU’s shifting tax requirements encroaching on CARICOM’s sovereignty says SG

FRIGATE BAY, St. Kitts, February 26, 2019 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed strong disquiet that the constantly shifting parameters for good tax governance set out by the European Union (EU), are encroaching on the Region’s sovereignty.

February 26, 2019
Published in CARICOM

Diplomats from eight EU member nations will meet with representatives from Mexico, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Uruguay in Montevideo on Feb. 7, 2018. | Photo: Reuters

Uruguay Prepares to Host EU Meeting on Venezuelan Crisis

European Union representatives will meet in Montevideo on February 7 to discuss the political situation in Venezuela, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez confirmed Sunday.

February 3, 2019
Published in Latin America

BARBADOS | European Development Fund To Finance Second Coconut Project

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Dacember 6, 2018 - The coconut industry in Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean should soon be receiving a further boost. That is because the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) will be financing a second coconut project in the region.

December 6, 2018
Published in Agriculture

CARICOM | Restorative Justice workshop begins in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 29, 2018 - Prison Officials and non-governmental organisations working in rehabilitative justice will benefit from a Regional Train-the Trainers Workshop on Restorative Justice to be held on 30 November to 4 December 2018, in Guyana.

November 30, 2018
Published in Justice

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