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From farm to fork: improving nutrition in the Caribbean
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- Researchers from universities in Canada and the Caribbean will discuss improvements in the region's agriculture and nutrition during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA2013): Linking the Caribbean for Regional Food and Nutrition Security and Rural Development, to be held in Guyana, October 4-12, 2013. Since 2011, researchers from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago…
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Belize makes plea on behalf of small island developing states
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Belize Monday appealed to the international community to help Small Island Developing States (SIDS) overcome the problems associated with the global economic situation as well as those caused by climate change. Ambassador Lois Michele Young, addressing the United Nations “High Level Thematic Dialogue on Financing Sustainable Development” said that the developing countries are faced with economic,…
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Caribbean finance ministers among Commonwealth group meeting with international lending agencies
WASHINGTON, CMC – St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas is leading a high-level group of Commonwealth ministers that is ending a two-day visit to Washington on Tuesday after holding discussions with representatives of leading international financial institutions on the issue of debt and financing challenges for developing countries. The delegation also includes Jamaica’s Finance Minister Dr. Peter…
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Four killed as US contracted counter-drug aircraft crashes in Caribbean
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Southern Command, which overseas US military operations in the Caribbean and Latin America, says a US-contracted detection and monitoring aircraft has crashed into the Caribbean Sea, killing four of its six crewmembers. The Southern Command, otherwise known as Southcom, said that the crash took place near the Colombia-Panama border, killing three Americans and a…
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