Articles Tagged “OAS”
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Historic general elections underway in St. Lucia and Guyana.
Stephenson King is for the first time seeking his own mandate to become the prime minister of St Lucia, while in Guyana, the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) is aiming to extend its 19-year government rule. The historic elections are taking place today in both countries – the first time polls are being held [...]
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Guyana and St. Lucia head to the polls on Monday!
For the first time in the political history of the Caribbean, general elections will be held simultaneously in two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. Voters in Guyana and St. Lucia will have the opportunity of electing governments for the next five years on Monday with political observers saying that the outcome in both countries is far [...]
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US AG Eric Holder to have “Secret Meeting” with T&T PM tomorrow.
US Attorney General Eric Holder is headed to Port-of-Spain on Thursday (tomorrow) for a face-to-face, closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Holder also will take part in the Organisation of the Americas (OAS) Conference’s third Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA III). He also will hold bi-lateral and high-level meetings [...]
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Dominican national is new CARICOM Secretary General.
As he basks in the congratulatory messages coming from countries near and far, Irwin LaRocque knows the next three years will not be easy for him and the Caribbean regional integration movement. Last week, more than six months after LaRocque’s predecessor, Sir Edwin Carrington, tendered his resignation, regional leaders named the 56-year-old Dominican national as [...]
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Congrats to Barbados’ Professor Rose-Marie Antoine – first Caribbean woman to be elected Commissioner of ICHR
Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, the wife of Barbados’ former Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony, has been elected to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR). The University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer is the first Caribbean woman to be elected to the post of Commissioner on the ICHR and was nominated by Belize. “The [...]
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