Key Issues
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Statement by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on US Designating Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) denounces the unilateral declaration by the outgoing United States administration to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. Cuba’s international conduct does not in any way warrant that designation. This further attack on the country adversely affects its international standing and its social, human and economic development and is another misguided action in addition to…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability
As the world grapples with the challenge of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned at the current prospect of inequitable access to vaccines to address the pandemic, especially for frontline workers and vulnerable populations. The reality is that small states will find it difficult to compete in the market place to ensure equitable access for…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community on the Guyana-Venezuela Border Controversy
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply disappointed and concerned at the decree and subsequent statements by Venezuela with respect to that country’s border controversy with Guyana, including intimations of the creation of a strategic area of national development called “Territory for the Development of the Atlantic Façade”. The Caribbean Community is in full support of the judicial process underway at…
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COVID-19Press Release re: Ninth Special Emergency Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, via Videoconference, 15 April 2020
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed on a way forward in the Community’s battle against the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Special Emergency Meeting on Wednesday via video conference. The Leaders received presentations from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the University of the West Indies (UWI), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and Archbishop Jason Gordon. Dr Joy St…
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FINAL REPORT of the Review Panel on the Governance of Cricket
Overview This final Report of the CARICOM Cricket Review Panel is the outcome of three months of consultation, interviews, deliberations, and meetings by a five member panel of CARICOM citizens appointed by the Prime Ministerial Committee on the Governance of West Indies Cricket. The composition of the panel, its terms of reference and the list of interviewees are presented in…
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Guyana/Venezuela Controversy
he Caribbean Community (CARICOM) maintains its full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Guyana. Guyana’s border controversy with its western neighbour Venezuela relates to more than a century-old dispute which arose as a result of Venezuela’s contention that the Arbitral Award of 1899 was null and void. The 1899 Award had definitely settled the boundary between the two countries. (See infographic of timeline)…
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Reparations for Native Genocide And Slavery
Caribbean Movement for Reparatory Justice We are not beggars! We are not subservient! We do not want Charity and handouts! We want Justice! Reparatory Justice! Sir Hilary Beckles Reparations for the slave era is an issue that has increasingly resonated in recent years and CARICOM, at its highest level of decision making, has placed this issue on the front burner…
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