CARICOM Assesses Risks for Small Island Economies

Participants in the 5th Ministerial Meeting between CARICOM and Cuba were focused on the search for ways to face up to common dangers, in the presence of Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdes Mesa.

Guyanese Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge explained that small economies in the area could also confront serious consequences of the increase of trade protectionism by the United States and its anti-immigrant policies.

It affects trade and remittance flow, said the diplomat, who highlighted the importance of coordinating efforts between CARICOM and other regional mechanisms, especially with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

In the opinion of Mark Brantley, Foreign minister in Saint Kitts and Nevis, mass deportations associated to US policies establish more economic difficulties for the original countries and violations of human rights.

Another damaging phenomenon is decreasing financial and technical cooperation from great powers in terms of official aid for development, said Surinamese Foreign Minister Yldiz Deborah Pollark-Beighle. (Taken from Prensa Latina)