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Remarks by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba at the opening session of the 5th CARICOM-Cuba Summit. PALACIO DE LA REVOLUCION. DECEMBER 8TH, 2014
Honourable Gaston Alphonse Brown, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, and Chairman of CARICOM; Honourable Heads of State or Government of CARICOM member countries; His Excellency Irwin Larocque, Secretary General of CARICOM; His Excellency Mr Didacus Jules, Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States; His Excellency Mr Alfonso Múnera Cavadía, Secretary General of the Association…
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Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the opening of the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba summit
This Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit is testimony to the solidarity and fraternal relationship that exist among us as Caribbean people. Forty-two years ago today, we began this journey when the four independent countries of CARICOM, acting in concert, came to Havana to establish diplomatic relations. This action broke a hemispheric diplomatic embargo. It was an expression of our solidarity with Cuba,…
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Summit a testimony to solidarity, fraternal relationship – CARICOM Secretary-General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit was testimony to the solidarity and fraternal relationship that existed among Caribbean people, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said on Monday. Addressing the Summit in Havana, Cuba, the Secretary-General retraced the history of the relationship between CARICOM Member States and Cuba, and outlined the myriad ways in which they had cooperated.…
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Grenada CSME Process Owners undergo refresher training on the Treatment of CARICOM Nationals
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana): Personnel from Customs, Immigration, Business and Investment agencies and the Ministries of Tourism and Culture took the opportunity to participate in a CSME refresher training session hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the past week. The Worksite Meetings led off a schedule of technical meetings, designed specifically for officers from the Public…
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Regional Company Registrars Consider Integrated Online Registry
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A meeting to discuss the development of a complete online registry among 12 Member States participating in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will be held in Saint Lucia from 8 – 10 December 2014. The three-day meeting which was convened by CARICOM Secretariat, is funded by the European Union under the 10th…
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Cuba pledges to maintain support for CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Cuban President Army General Raul Castro Ruz told Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Leaders that despite his country’s economic difficulties, “we will honour our pledge to co-operate and share our modest achievements with our sister nations in the Caribbean.” President Castro was speaking on Monday at the Opening Ceremony of the Fifth CARICOM Cuba Summit being…
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CARICOM chair calls for an end to US embargo on Cuba
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgtown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda called on the United States President and Congress to end its “senseless embargo of Cuba now.” Prime Minister Browne was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Fifth CARICOM Cuba Summit in Havana, Cuba on Monday. He said that…
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Dominica Elections: CARICOM Observation Mission’s Arrival Statement
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the invitation of the Government of Dominica, mounted a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Dominica to observe the country’s General Election which is due to be held on Monday, 8 December 2014. The seven member Mission comprising members of several Member States of the Caribbean Community, and headed by Miss Lena Sahadeo of Trinidad and…
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CARICOM Cuba Leaders to talk trade in Havana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Economic and Trade Relations will be among the issues discussed at the Fifth Summit of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba which takes place in Havana, Cuba on Monday 8 December. The Summit will be preceded on Sunday by a meeting of the Foreign Ministers. In accordance with the…
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CARREX to be fully operational by year end
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Exchange of Information on Dangerous (non-food) Consumer Goods (CARREX) is expected to be completely operational at the national and regional levels by the end of 2014. Representatives from national standards bureaux in CARICOM are being trained at a Regional Workshop in Suriname on matters relating to the CARREX…
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