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Suriname Venezuela rice deal is a slap to CARICOM

Oct 18, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
As a former staff member of the CARICOM Secretariat I am saddened to witness  the decline of the little influence this body  had in regional and international affairs. The aborted rice deal  between Guyana and neighboring  through the Venezuela PetroCaribe agreemen has brought to the fore the continued self interest  member states pursue within the integration movement.
It was disappointing that Suriname has recently sealed a rice deal with Venezuela under the said agreement, a slap in the face of CARICOM, whose membership includes Suriname. In his quest to weaken the regional  movement and increase his influence, Venezuela’s President Maduro has been dishing out various forms of assistance to several Eastern Caribbean countries including  Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda,  and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Suriname’s recent decision to revive its claim of Guyana’s New River Triangle along the eastern border   is yet another sore point in the relations of member states .It’s opportune for Guyana, headquarters of CARICOM, to use its leverage and latent fire power to propel the regional body into action.
Dhanraj Bhagwandin

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