BlackCryptoKnight
August 16, 2004, 11:48 AM
Haiti issue dividing Caricom
A regional analyst his warning that the Caribbean Community, Caricom, is in danger of falling apart if it doesn’t stand together against what he says is external pressure to recognise the interim Haitian administration.
David Commissiong, president of the Barbados-based black activist group, the Clement Payne Movement, praised Vincentian leader Ralph Gonsalves' stand that Caricom should not recognise Haiti's interim government, describing it as a principled stand.
But he said the credibility of 15-member regional grouping would be at stake if it went against Mr Gonsalves and recognised Haiti's interim government headed by Prime Minister Latortue.
Read the report from BBC Caribbean (http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2004/08/040811_caricom-commissiong.shtml)
Is it in Caricom's best interest to recognize the Haitian regime?
A regional analyst his warning that the Caribbean Community, Caricom, is in danger of falling apart if it doesn’t stand together against what he says is external pressure to recognise the interim Haitian administration.
David Commissiong, president of the Barbados-based black activist group, the Clement Payne Movement, praised Vincentian leader Ralph Gonsalves' stand that Caricom should not recognise Haiti's interim government, describing it as a principled stand.
But he said the credibility of 15-member regional grouping would be at stake if it went against Mr Gonsalves and recognised Haiti's interim government headed by Prime Minister Latortue.
Read the report from BBC Caribbean (http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2004/08/040811_caricom-commissiong.shtml)
Is it in Caricom's best interest to recognize the Haitian regime?