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CARICOM

Recent events in Haiti and Mannings rants about sending the military but having the US get their first made me think about this... is CARICOM a real power in the Caribbean or is it just a buch of figure heads trying to look like the United Nations?

One note... I thought they (CARICOM) took so long to get things going with Haiti, the Caribbean should of had their military there already, but as usual we are so slow and the US much faster on these things.

CARICOM

I don't think CARICOM has any power in the Caribbean or in the world and yes I think they try to look like the United Nations (after World War II) -->
There are really issues in the Caribbean and CARICOM seems to put an eye blind in most of them,

CARICOM Caribbean / Tobago & Trinidad

I think CARICOM should become unified just like the European union what do you think about that?

CARICOM

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas says the proliferation of small arms into the region is posing a serious threat to the stability of the Caribbean. Dr Douglas, the chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping, said that the trafficking of small arms in the region will be a matter for discussion, adding that the use of guns in the settlement of disputes had become an alarming issue in recent years. "This never, ever used to... [Jamaica Observer, via GunPolicy.org]
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