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CARICOM SG accredits new Brazilian Ambassador
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) – Following the engagement between Heads of Government and Brazil’s President Lula DaSilva in Guyana last February, the country appointed a new ambassador who has pledged to address the potential of CARICOM-Brazil relations during her tenure. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, accredited Her Excellency Maria Cristina de Castro Martins, new Ambassador of Brazil to CARICOM,…
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Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of CARICOM, at the CARICOM-South Africa Ministerial Meeting via video conference on 22 March 2022
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) – Your Excellency Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa; Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, and Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations; Other Honourable Ministers; Distinguished Delegates; Ladies and Gentlemen. I welcome today’s…
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CARICOM seeks closer cooperation with Sweden in education and ICT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is eager to deepen its cooperation with the Kingdom of Sweden in education and ICT. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett underscored this interest while accrediting a new envoy from the Nordic country, His Excellency Andres Bengtcén. Ambassador Bengtcén presented his letters of credence to Dr. Barnett at the Community’s headquarters…
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CARICOM and Brazil pledge to Deepen Cooperation
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) – CARICOM and Brazil have pledged to deepen cooperation as they see immense potential for enhancing mutually beneficial relations. In this regard, they committed to hosting the first meeting of the CARICOM-Brazil Joint Commission in 2024 to rationalise the modalities for deeper collaboration. The benefits of enhanced CARICOM-Brazil relations were underscored at the recent…
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New Ambassador of Portugal to CARICOM accredited
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque accepted the Letter of Credence accrediting H.E. Carlos Nuno Almeida de Sousa Amaro as the new Ambassador of Portugal to CARICOM on Wednesday, 19 May 2021. The Secretary-General and the new Ambassador presented remarks at the virtual accreditation ceremony. Please read the remarks at the links below: Remarks: Ambassador Amaro Remarks: Secretary-General
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Special Topic Statistical Bulletin – COVID-19: Issue 33
The Special Topic Statistical Bulletin on COVID-19 in CARICOM Countries, Issue 33, provides an update of the trajectory of the COVID-19 in the CARICOM Region up to 6 November 2020. The Bulletin provides information on the pattern of the disease of the total number of confirmed cases, new cases and deaths for each country and the total for CARICOM. The…
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CARICOM Chairman condemns ‘callous’ terrorist attacks in Spain
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has condemned this week’s ‘shocking and callous’ terrorist attacks in Spain which killed 14 civilians and left more than 100 injured. CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell of Grenada, expressed the Region’s position in a message of condolence to the Prime Minister of Spain, the Most Excellent Mariano Rajoy Brey. Dr. Mitchell said in denouncing…
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CARICOM, Korea formalise decade-old friendship
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Korea on Tuesday formalised a decade-old friendship with the accreditation of the first non-permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the East Asian country to CARICOM. Deputy Secretary-General of CARICOM, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan accepted the Letter of Credence from H.E. Mr. Ki-Mo Lim in a simple ceremony at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat on…
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Communique – 20th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), Bridgetown, Barbados, 18 – 19 May 2017
The Twentieth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Bridgetown, Barbados on 18-19 May 2017, under the Chairmanship of Senator the Honourable Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados. The COFCOR was attended by the Honourable H. Charles Fernandez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade …
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PM Douglas was expected to meet with Presidents of Brazil and Venezuela
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JANUARY 29TH 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas was expected to meet with the Presidents of Venezuela and Brazil during the margins of the Second Meeting of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean (CELA) in Havana,Cuba. Dr. Douglas in his meeting with the President of Venezuela,…
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