News From the Caribbean

15 November
La Prensa Gráfica
Realizan foro de tecnología en turismo
El Ministerio de Economía (MINEC), el Ministerio de Turismo (MITUR) y la Corporación Salvadoreña de Turismo (CORSATUR) realizaron ayer el primer Foro Tecnológico de Turismo 2012, en el que empresarios se dieron cita para conocer las últimas tecnologías.
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04 October
Trinidad Guardian
ACS  maps out routes for regional trade
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is implementing projects in the maritime and air transport areas to increase trade opportunities and connectivity in the region, says Alfonso Múnera, Secretary General, Association of Caribbean States (ACS). “We, at the ACS, are trying...
01 October
United Nations
H.E. Ms. Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Statement Summary: MAXINE MCCLEAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, said that despite being a small island developing State vulnerable to the global crises, her country had retained its stability and made great gains in its standard of living...
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01 October
United Nations
H.E. Mr. Wilfred Elrington, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Statement Summary: WILFRED D. ELRINGTON, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belize, said the theme for the sixty-seventh session was most timely and fitting because although his country had gained independence in 1981, after 100 years of colonial rule by the United Kingdom, its...
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01 October
United Nations
H.E. Mr. Vince Henderson, Permanent Representative to the UN
Statement Summary: VINCE HENDERSON ( Dominica) said the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development was a commendable effort by the international community to take stock of the human impact on the earth’s resources and to commit to reversing present trends.
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01 October
United Nations
H.E. Ms. Dessima Williams, Permanent Representative to the UN
Statement Summary: DESSIMA WILLIAMS ( Grenada) said her country’s ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the past year had triggered the instrument’s entry into force.
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01 October
United Nations
H.E. Mr. Winston G. Lackin, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Statement Summary: WINSTON G. LACKIN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Suriname, said a combination of prudent fiscal policies and windfall earnings from trading crude oil, derivatives and gold had created a stable political and economic environment in his country. That...
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01 October
United Nations
H.E. Mr. Winston Dookeran, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Statement Summary: WINSTON DOOKERAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, said that there had been a redistribution of wealth and the very nature of global power was shifting. New dynamics were emerging as the world witnessed the growing economies of Latin...
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29 September
United Nations
H.E. Mr. Frederick A. Mitchell, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Statement Summary: FREDERICK MITCHELL, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Bahamas, condemned the violence that had resulted in the deaths of the United States Ambassador to Libya and three compatriot diplomats, saying that increasing armed violence and crime...
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28 September
United Nations
H.E. Mr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister
Statement Summary: DENZIL L. DOUGLAS, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, welcomed the theme of the peaceful settlement of disputes, and said the complexities and challenges facing Libya and Syria, to name just two, underscore the fact that “social upheaval and human...
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