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Weekly Journal: “Protesters with sledgehammers first hacked at the stone base of the statue of Empress Josephine, which was already missing its head…they attached cords to it, brought it crashing down and stamped and jumped on it.”
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Martinique Protesters Destroy Colonial Statues on Caribbean Island
Fight Against American Racial Injustice Is Also Caribbean Fight
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ESSENCE: “While some have questioned why Caribbean nationals should concern themselves with American problems, there are definite parallels between the two regions.”
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Caribbean Countries Want Reparations for Slavery—With Apology
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Jamaica Gleaner: “She said there was need for “a written and clear apology to say, ‘we were wrong, we will not do it again’, and more important, we must pay recompense for what was done.”
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CARICOM Leader on COVID-19: “We Have Done Fairly Well”
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CARICOM’s Irwin LaRocque: “Our Ministries of Health and Chief Medical Officers have also provided yeoman service.”
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ST. LUCIA ANNOUNCES PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION OF CARICOM REGIONAL TRADE & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
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This regional initiative which Saint Lucia is seeking to implement effective January 1st, 2020 is Article 164 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC) which establishes the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). According to the RTC, Article 164 is a regime which seeks to promote industrial development.
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CARICOM REPARATIONS COMMITTEE: WE WILL EXAMINE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WESTERN BANKING, SLAVERY, COLONIALISM, AND REPARATIONS
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Sir. Hilary Beckles: “The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) is delighted to be partnering with the Centre for Reparations Research and the Antigua & Barbuda Reparations Support Commission on this critical and timely symposium which will bring together scholars and experts from around the world to explore the historical connections between Western banking and enslavement and colonialism and to examine the adverse impact on the development challenges facing the Caribbean today.”
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