PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express – As Caricom marks its 40th anniversary today, its Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said last night there was much to celebrate and take pride in as an integration movement.
LaRocque, speaking at the opening ceremony of the 34th Caricom conference at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, noted that 40 years ago on July 4, 1973 the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed.
He said in that 40 years Caricom has built on that foundation and has created a base upon which a sustainable future can placed.
