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Message from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, on the Occasion of the Fifty-First Anniversary of the Signing of the Original Treaty of Chaguaramas

Citizens of the Caribbean Community, We are marking this Fifty-First Anniversary of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as several Member States are assessing the extraordinary damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl, the earliest recorded Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean, and one of the most dangerous weather systems the Region has ever experienced.  In the circumstances, we have had to…