CARICOM

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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), is an organization of Caribbean nations and dependencies. Caricom’s main purpose is to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy.

CARICOM’s major activities involve coordinating economic policies and development planning; it also devises and institutes special projects for the less-developed countries within its jurisdiction. It also operates as a regional common market for many of its members (Caricom Single Market). It also operates the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which serves as the final court of appeal for many Caricom members and also handles regional trade disputes.

 

Currently CARICOM has 15 full members:

 

  1. Antigua and Barbuda (4 July 1974)
  2. Bahamas (4 July 1983) (not part of customs union)
  3. Barbados (1 August 1973)
  4. Belize (1 May 1974)
  5. Dominica (1 May 1974)
  6. Grenada (1 May 1974)
  7. Guyana (1 August 1973)
  8. Haiti (provisional membership on 4 July 1998, full membership on 2 July 2002)
  9. Jamaica (1 August 1973)
  10. Montserrat (a territory of the United Kingdom) (1 May 1974)
  11. Saint Kitts and Nevis (26 July 1974 as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla)
  12. Saint Lucia (1 May 1974)
  13. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1 May 1974)
  14. Suriname (4 July 1995)
  15. Trinidad and Tobago (1 August 1973)

There are five associate members (all British overseas territories):

  1. Anguilla (July 1999)
  2. Bermuda (2 July 2003)
  3. British Virgin Islands (July 1991)
  4. Cayman Islands (16 May 2002)
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands (July 1991)

There are seven observers:

  1. Aruba
  2. Colombia
  3. Dominican Republic
  4. Mexico
  5. Netherlands Antilles
  6. Puerto Rico
  7. Venezuela

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