ALBA, Petrocaribe and Caricom: Issues in a New Dynamic, by Norman Girvan
The emergence of Venezuelan-promoted ALBA and Petrocaribe and their growing relations with several Caricom countries is a significant recent development in regional affairs; with Petrocaribe now the largest source of concessional lending to Caribbean oil-importing countries. This paper examines the trade, financial and social cooperation programmes of ALBA and concludes that participation in ALBA is not incompatible with membership of Caricom. It also addresses broader strategic issues including diversification of Caricom’s international economic relations; opportunities for mutually advantageous forms of South-South cooperation; and the scope for a coordinated trade policy by Caricom…
Also seeThe View from Europe David Jessop, BBC Caribbean 1/08/08
The Chavez Effect: Caribbean Life Belt Sir Ronald Sanders, BBC Caribbean, 27/07/08
A lack of coherence Stabroek News 24/07/08
ALBA.Petrocaribe.Venezuela. Nicaragua. Debt. Nicaragua’s Illegitimate Debt to Venezuela? Alejandro Bendana. Follow the link and scroll down to the posting in English
Is the Monroe Doctrine Really Dead? And what will the Obama Doctrine be Like? Greg Grandin
