Accredited Third States
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FAO to continue assisting region develop agricultural sector
SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The effects of climate change on agriculture and its impact on food security were among matters discussed between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque and the Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) José Graziano da Silva. A Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat statement issued after the talks said that the two sides also discussed…
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New study says small businesses can boost relations between Caribbean and Europe
SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – A new study says micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) can play a “fresh and significant role” in boosting relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union (EU). The study titled “Building SME Competitiveness in the European union and Latin America and the Caribbean : Policy Proposals by the Private Sector” was discussed…
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Chile and Caribbean countries pledge closer working relationship
SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping and Chile have pledged to continue working together to further strengthen their relationship. A communiqué issued at the end of talks between Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Echenique and CARICOM leaders on Monday, noted “a commitment was also made to work together with the aim to achieve regional integration objectives set…
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Chavez’s Absence Overshadows Latin American, Caribbean Summit
The absence due to illness of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez played a major role during the final day of a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago on Monday. Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro read out to leaders a long letter from Chavez, which Venezuelan officials had noted in advance was signed in red…
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IMF projects modest growth in the Caribbean
WASHINGTON, CMC – As the Caribbean reels from the global economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that growth will “strengthen gradually” this year. In an update to its World Economic Outlook (WEO), the Washington-based financial institution said the constraints on economic activity will start to ease this year. The IMF projected a 3.6 per cent growth in Latin…
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United States issues final regulations to combat Caribbean offshore tax evasion
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued what they describe as “comprehensive final regulations” to combat Caribbean and other offshore tax evasion. The departments said the reporting and withholding tax provisions, commonly known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), “target non-compliance by US taxpayers using foreign accounts.…
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Venezuela’s Chavez Undergoes New Medical Treatment in Cuba
A Venezuelan government spokesman says President Hugo Chavez has begun a new round of medical treatment in Cuba, after battling complications from cancer surgery performed more than a month ago. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas, speaking Saturday, did not offer details of the newest treatment and did not provide new information on the cancer itself. But he said Mr. Chavez had…
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Economist: Euro crisis could erupt again this year
DAVOS, Switzerland — Is the euro crisis over? A leading US economist says not by a long shot. Even as the head of the European Central Bank talked of “positive contagion” in the markets and predicted an economic recovery for the recession-hit eurozone later this year, economist Barry Eichengreen warned that the debt crisis that has shaken Europe to its…
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EDITORIAL – Now that the PM didn’t go to Chile
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It can't have been without compelling reason that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller decided to miss the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Chile, to which she has dispatched her foreign minister, Mr A.J. Nicholson. CELAC, we remind, is a relatively new organisation, formally launched in 2010, as a forum for…
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New look for PetroCaribe at this weekend’s summit in Chile
KINGSTON, Jamaica – SIX-and-a-half years ago a historic accord was signed between Venezuela and various member states of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) for the inauguration of an energy-based co-operation venture known as PetroCaribe. It was to unfold across this region and beyond as manifestation of President Hugo Chavez’s vision of a unique form of co-operation to assist the vulnerable economies…
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