barbados was the last country to join caricom.
barbados was the last country to join caricom.
which country was the last to join caricom?
barbados
the first attempt by haiti to join caricom began on 6 may 1974, when haiti officially applied for membership in the community after edner brutus, the haitian minister of foreign affairs, sent a letter to william demas, caricom's secretary-general formally applying for membership. shortly after that request, haiti lobbied for admission, dealing mostly with percival j. patterson, then jamaica’s minister of industry, commerce, and tourism. patterson welcomed the initiative and promised jamaica’s unconditional support. despite patterson’s efforts, the caricom secretariat did not respond positively to the request, and caricom leadership decided to pursue a special type of relationship with haiti. haiti was later accepted as an observer in 1982 following an application for closer relations with the community. on july 3, 1997, almost 25 years later, caricom chairman and prime minister of jamaica percival j. patterson announced that haiti was to become the fifteenth member country of caricom after the heads of government, in accordance with article 29 of the (original) treaty of chaguaramas had unanimously agreed to it. this announcement was made alongside haitian president rené préval at an unscheduled joint press conference in montego bay, jamaica. technically, haiti had joined the caribbean community but not the common market (similar to the bahamas' membership). it was later announced that, in accordance with article 29(2) of the treaty of chaguaramas, a caricom technical working group would visit haiti to consult with the haitian government on the terms and conditions of full membership in caricom. the decision to admit haiti raised a host of technical issues, including haiti’s caricom dues, the extent to which french would also become an official language of caricom, and the extent to which existing caricom provisions allowing for the unfettered movement of member nationals would apply to haiti. in the interim, haiti was invited to participate in the deliberations of caricom’s organs and bodies.
member states of the caribbean community
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in 2007, the u.s. virgin islands government announced it would begin seeking ties with caricom. at the time it was not clear what membership status the usvi would obtain should they join caricom with the most likely possibility being observer status, considering fellow u.s. caribbean territory puerto rico's current observer status. in 2012, it was confirmed by the usvi commissioner of tourism, beverly nicholson-doty, that the u.s. virgin islands government has been lobbying for observer status within caricom.
member states of the caribbean community