Caribbean Festival of Arts twice. Once in 2008 when Guyana took up the challenge and again in 2010 when they had shown no intentions of hosting it. The future of CARIFESTA seems to be strengthening as Haiti bids to host the event in 2015. During an address at the 33rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community, hosted in July 2012 in Saint Lucia, Haitian President Michel Martelly asserted that receiving CARIFESTA in his country would make it possible to increase cultural relations with other neighbouring nations. Caribbean Festival of Arts Caribbean Festival of Arts, commonly known as CARIFESTA, is
2011 Caribbean Series addition to having the Series dedicated to him, the organizing committee of the series announced that Alomar would be inducted into the Caribbean Series Hall of Fame, along with fellow countrymen and former big leaguers Carlos Baerga, Luis de León and Candy Maldonado. The Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame was established in 1996 and honors stars in the Caribbean, primarily from the Caribbean Series. 2011 Caribbean Series The LIII edition of the Caribbean Series ("Serie del Caribe") was played in 2011. It was held from February 2 through February 7 with the champions teams from Dominican Republic (Toros del Este),