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1973 Jul 4
 The Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed in Trinidad and established the Caribbean Community CARICOM - Caribbean Community & Common Market.
Links: Trinidad&Tobago, Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
1998 Aug 22
 The 15 Caribbean leaders at the Caribbean Forum (Cariforum) said they wanted a new trade accord with Europe to maintain preferential quotas in order to gain time and adjust to the global liberalization of markets. The current agreement expires in 2000. A hemisphere-wide Free Trade Area was envisioned by the year 2005.
Links: Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2003 Jul 5
 Caribbean leaders agreed to establish a commission like the European Union to oversee their 15-member, single market economy, allowing the free movement of goods, services and professional workers.
Links: Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2004 Mar 27
 The 15-nation Caribbean Community withheld recognition from Haiti's U.S.-backed interim government as leaders closed a summit renewing calls for a U.N. investigation into the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Links: Haiti, UN, Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2004 May 16
 The United States announced a new initiative to speed up the approval process for new combination AIDS drugs that was designed to bring cheap, easy-to-use treatment to millions of people in Africa and the Caribbean.
Links: USA, Africa, AIDS, Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
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2005 Jul 28
 In Panama a 2-day summit started for 25 members of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS). Venezuela said it will continue offering crude on favorable terms, and even in barter trades, to countries in the region. Thirteen of the 15 members of the narrower Caribbean Community group, or Caricom, mainly island nations, have already signed onto Venezuela's oil initiative.
Links: Panama, Venezuela, ACS, Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2006 Mar 10
 Cuba said it will open embassies in four more Caribbean countries, a move that will give it a diplomatic presence in all 15 Caribbean Community nations.
Links: Cuba, Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2007 Jun
 The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) was created on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Links: Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2007 Dec 7
 The Caribbean Community (Caricom) meeting in Guyana, agreed to open up its markets to certain European goods, on the condition that entertainment workers from the region are allowed free access to Europe.
Links: EU, Guyana, Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2010 Feb 23
 In Mexico Latin America and Caribbean leaders, gathered at a summit in Playa de Carmen, united to create a regional bloc excluding Canada and the United States. The bloc's formation is expected to take years and faces many challenges. The leaders agreed to meet again in Venezuela in 2011.
Links: Mexico, Caricom     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
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