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US Bans Hilton Hotel from Hosting Castro

Published on December 7, 2011 in Caribbean, CARICOM, Cuba, General T&T, International, Politics and USA. 9 Comments Tags: , , , , .

US BIG STICK FOR RAUL

Hilton blocked from hosting Caricom conference attended by Cuban president

By Julien Neaves
December 07, 2011 – trinidadexpress.com

Raúl CastroUS-BASED hotel chain Hilton Worldwide has been denied a special licence from the US Government to allow for the IV Caricom/Cuba Summit to be held at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre with visiting Cuban President Raul Castro.

The two-day summit, which starts today, will instead be held at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain.
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Kamla shakes up Caricom

Published on July 8, 2010 in Caribbean, CARICOM, General T&T and People's Partnership. 11 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar

July 13, 2010

Keeping the faith
Taking into account the noises made again last week from one end of the region to the other by citizens growing more cynical about the state of health of the regional integration movement, it remains a matter for the record, that the Montego Bay Summit qualifies for positive review on several fronts.
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Kamla Not at Caricom Talks with Clinton

Published on June 9, 2010 in General T&T, International, People's Partnership, Politics and UNC. 16 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Kamla tells why she decided not to meet Clinton at Caricom talks

By Anna Ramdass
June 9th 2010 – trinidadexpress.com

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has blanked today’s Caricom meeting with United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in Barbados because she felt it would be an insult to the people who elected her to travel without taking the parliamentary oath.
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Caricom: backward ever, forward never

Published on June 14, 2009 in CARICOM and General T&T. 6 Comments Tags: , .

By Raffique Shah
Sunday, June 14th 2009
www.trinidadandtobagonews.com

Caricom LeadersCARIBBEAN unity is an imperative for the survival of small island states like ours. But it seems to be coming apart at the seams, thanks to our tactless and egotistic leaders. Our disintegration comes at a time when much of the world is moving towards some form of unity, if only to sustain their economies in a time of crisis and in the longer term. We are drifting apart as never before. From the draconian immigration policies of Barbados to confusing signals on free and fair trade between Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, our leaders seem to be working overtime to dismantle what little unity we now enjoy.
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Lack of a CARICOM Strategy at the Fifth Summit

Published on April 24, 2009 in 5th Summit, CARICOM, Finance and USA. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

By Stephen Kangal
April 24, 2009

Fifth Summit of the AmericasThe hosting of the recently concluded Fifth Summit of the Americas was portrayed as a CARICOM initiative and, as usual, T&T bore the full costs involved.

I am very disturbed that T&T/CARICOM did not act collectively in an effective manner to maximize returns on T&T’s huge and staggering investment. The CARICOM meeting that was scheduled for Thursday 16 April was not held. No effort was made to concretize a CARICOM strategy at the Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Heads of Government held in Belize prior to the Summit.
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