Sir Ronald Sanders: CARICOM Unified at the OAS – A moment for unbridled pride
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribeean360 WASHINGTON, United States, Friday June 2, 2017 – Contrary to all who dismissed it as impossible, the 14 independent member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) displayed strong solidarity at the Organization of American…
Petro deal fears
By Bert Wilkinson From Caribbean Life Despite repeated assurances from Venezuelan diplomats and authorities in Caracas, governments in a growing number of Caribbean Community countries are becoming increasingly worried about the continued existence of a concession oil deal Venezuela signed…
Caribbean, ALBA nations defeat anti-Venezuela motion at OAS
From telesur Caracas has repeatedly accused the OAS and its chief Luis Almagro of promoting intervention and destabilization in Venezuela. The OAS has suspended its meeting called to discuss the political and economic situation in Venezuela, with the interventionist motion…
Commonwealth and OAS missions to observe Bahamas elections
From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — A former foreign minister from Ghana, Hanna Tetteh, will lead a team of Commonwealth election observers to The Bahamas for the country’s general election scheduled for May 10, 2017. The Organization of American…
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Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler: Venezuela to ‘Vexit’ the OAS, but where does CARICOM stand?
By Earl Bousquet From Caribbean News Now The wider Caribbean finds itself slap dash in the middle of an unfolding situation that’s already tearing apart the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and possibly the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), even as…
Caribbean leaders meet to discuss ‘urgent challenges’ facing the region
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The Organization of American States (OAS) says its Secretary General, Luis Almagro, and the former president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, held a working meeting on Tuesday during which they discussed the…
Sir Ronald Sanders: OAS – A coup followed by a lynching? |
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 “It was a coup d’état followed by a lynching”. That’s how an official of the Organization of American States (OAS) described a meeting of the Permanent Council of the hemispheric body that was held…
Sir Ronald Sanders: OAS dysfunctionality requires charter review
By Sir Ronald Sanders From CARIBBEAN360 WASHINGTON, United States, Friday March 31, 2017 – On March 28, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) experienced a public spectacle of disarray that, in 36 years of diplomatic life…
Caribbean nationals assume key positions at OAS
From Antigua Observer WASHINGTON, Jan 13, CMC – Caribbean nationals have taken over key positions within the Organization of American States (OAS) including chairing the hemispheric body’s Permanent Council. Belize Permanent Representative to the OAS, Patrick Andrews, Thursday assumed the…
OAS wants respect for electoral process in Haiti
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The Washington, D.C.-based Organization of American States (OAS) says its Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) in Haiti has called for “respect for pre-established norms” in the electoral process in the French-speaking Caribbean country. The…
