advantage of defining the Caribbean in geographical terms. 2. Outline one disadvantage of using a geographical basis of defining the Caribbean. -Using a geographical basis to define the Caribbean results in anomalies such as the fact that territories like Guyana‚ which is considered to be Caribbean‚ borders the Atlantic Ocean and is not in the Caribbean Sea 3. Explain why Guyana is described as a part of the Caribbean. -Guyana is considered to be a part of the Caribbean because the social and cultural
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The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) THE HISTORY OF CARICOM: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)‚ originally the Caribbean Community and Common Market‚ was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas which came into effect on 1 August 1973. The first four signatories were Barbados‚ Jamaica‚ Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago. CARICOM superseded the 1965–1972 Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA)‚ which had been organized to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking
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Aleema Chinchamee Aakeil Murray FOUN1101: Caribbean Civilization 14 November 2014 Beyond Massa: Sugar Management in the British Caribbean‚ 1770-1834. Dr. John Campbell is a lecturer at the University of the West Indies; St. Augustine campus. He specializes on Caribbean civilization and culture. In this book‚ “Beyond Massa: Sugar Management in the British Caribbean‚ 1770-1834”‚ he aims to describe the complexity of the relationship between the enslaved and their masters‚ as well as providing a revisionist
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Royal Caribbean Cruises‚ LTD: A Case Study 1. Using the Information Systems Triangle as a framework‚ evaluate the alignment of RCCL’s business strategy‚ organizational strategy‚ and information systems strategy before Tom Murphy became CIO and then after Tom Murphy took over as CIO (up to 9/11/2001). Prior to Tom Murphy’s tenure as CIO‚ Royal Caribbean Cruises Line’s (RCCL’s) business strategies were not fully aligned with the organizational and IT strategies. Tom Murphy was instrumental in bringing
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An essay – Caribbean Drama‚ from the aspects of traditional or indigenous culture Stacy Herbert “If theatre is to truly represent the people and nation from which it comes‚ it should draw from its culture‚ festivals‚ traditions and folk art; and Trinidad & Tobago’s carnival offers a unique opportunity to create a theatre which truly represents this”. These are the thoughts and words of Errol Hill‚ with which I concur. In keeping with this idea‚ I will bring to the fore a number of Trinbagonian
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ABSTRACT: The importance of an efficient and effective Caribbean in the delivery of economic and social development is a long-standing theme of development policy. This however has not always been the case and the result is a Caribbean repeating past mistakes and compromising in some cases the theme of the development strategy. Global recession has consistently tested the resolve of the Caribbean and to this end there is a need to address the factors that have consistently led to the economic
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The Caribbean Impact: Trade‚ Economy‚ Immigration‚ and Regional Security While the movement of peoples and goods between the contiguous land borders of the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico represents the major cross-border movement‚ the “Third Border” of the United States‚ namely the Caribbean‚ is also critical‚ raising important economic and security concerns that Washington cannot afford to overlook. The Caribbean is the tenth-largest trading partner of the United
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CARIBBEAN PLATE The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America. Roughly 3.2 million square kilometers (1.2 million square miles) in area‚ the Caribbean Plate borders the North American Plate‚ the South American Plate‚ the Nazca Plate and the Cocos Plate. These borders are regions of intense seismic activity‚ including frequent earthquakes‚ occasional tsunamis‚ and volcanic eruptions. The Caribbean Plate
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K. L. Johnson II 25 September 2014 Commodification of Caribbean Culture in Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place “If you go to Antigua as a tourist‚ this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane‚ you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V.C.) Bird is the Prime Minister of Antigua. You may be the sort of tourist who would wonder why a Prime Minister would want an airport named after him – why not a school‚ why not a hospital‚ why not some great public monument?” (3)
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consisted of four (4) sections — A‚ B‚ C and D. * Section A focused on Module 1‚ Caribbean Society and Culture‚ and contained two questions. Candidates were required to choose one question from this Section. * Section B‚ which focused on Module 2‚ Issues in Caribbean development‚ had two questions. Candidates were required to do one question from this Section. * Section C‚ which focused on Module 1‚ Caribbean Society and Culture‚ had two questions. Candidates were required to do one question
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