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USAID gives Haiti US$16.5-M, Rest of the Caribbean gets US$1.7-M to fight COVID-19

USAID gives Haiti US$16.5-M, Rest of the Caribbean gets US$1.7-M to fight COVID-19

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – While Guyana and other Caribbean countries have received a generous donation of US$1.7 million from the USAID to help these countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Haiti has received funds amounting to a whopping US$16.1 million from the Trump administration to help in its COVID-19 response.

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Caribbean Export Commended for Support to Economic Partnership Agreement

Caribbean Export Commended for Support to Economic Partnership Agreement

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, January 24, 2020 -The Caribbean Export Development Agency has recently received commendation from  Head of the EU Delegation of the European Union to Barbados, Eastern Caribbean, OECS and CARICOM/CARIFORUM, Ambassador Daniela Tramacere, for the agency’s work involving the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement or EPA.

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CARICOM Heads with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, who met with CARICOM Heads of Government during the Thirty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in July last year.

CARICOM Marks 47th Anniversary of Relations with Cuba

GEORGETOWN,  Guyana, December 9, 2019 - Sunday the eighth of December marked the 47th anniversary of the historic establishment in 1972 of diplomatic relations betgween the Republic of Cuba and  Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the four independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries at that time.

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Gaston Browne also denounced the “strangling effects” of the sanctions on Venezuela. | Photo: teleSUR

ANTIGUA | 'Climate Crisis Is About Our Existence': Antigua-Barbuda PM

On the sidelines of 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly currently happening in New York City, teleSUR met the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne to discuss the challenges and issues facing the Caribbean region, one of the most affected by the impacts of climate crisis, as it was seen with the devastation caused earlier this month in the Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian.

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Barbados Residents on a Tropical Storm Watch

Barbados Residents on a Tropical Storm Watch

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 25, 2019 - Residents across Barbados have been urged to closely monitor the approach of Tropical Storm Dorian as a tropical storm watch has been issued for the island. That means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours.
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Opposition Leader and President of the Peoples National Party (PNP) Dr. Peter Phillips

JAMAICA | PNP concerned over increased United States sanctions on Cuba

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 15, 2019: The People’s National Party (PNP) is expressing grave concern about the increased economic sanctions on Cuba imposed by the United States authorities. The Party is again calling for an end to the 60 year old blockade against the sovereign nation.

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