MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica August 12, 2021 - Dr Carla Natalie Barnett, a native of Belize and the first-ever female CARICOM Secretary-General, is expected to assume office on Monday August 16, 2021. She was unanimously selected by the CARICOM Heads of Government in May and succeeds Ambassador Irwin LaRocque who has been in the office for ten years.
