The Caribbean
Nations and territories of the Caribbean Sea

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LOCAL FACTS  Return to Top
Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)
Nations and territories: Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Aruba, Antilles, and the islands of the East Caribbean
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Languages:
Religions:
Sources
[U.S. Library of Congress] country study - Commonwealth of Caribbean Islands
 
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LOCAL DIRECTORIES  Return to Top
Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
Caribbean Telephone Directory - White Pages
Caribbean Info  
Caribbean-On-Line
Cariblife (Barbados)
CaribSeek
Island Connoisseur - The Caribbean
Turquoise Net - Guide to Caribbean
 
Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
Association of Caribbean States
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat (Guyana)
Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA)
Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to Global Climate Change (CPACC)
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) - regional coordinator for external negotiations
General Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)  
 
Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
CABI International (Trinidad) - specialises in sustainable solutions for agricultural and environmental problems
Caribbean Association for Feminist Research & Action (CAFRA)
Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA) (Barbados) - exists to enhance the quality of life for present and future
generations of the Caribbean by facilitating the development and implementation of policies, programmes and practices, which
contribute to the sustainable management of the region's natural and cultural resources
Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI)
Caribbean Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - The Americas (New York) - monitors abuses against the press and promote press freedom around the world
Consumers International (CI) - Latin America-Caribbean Region (Santiago, Chile) - supports, links and represents more than 260 consumer groups in almost 120 countries and agencies worldwide, striving to promote a fairer society through defending the rights of all consumers, including poor, marginalized and disadvantaged people
European Union Development Programme in Africa, the Caribbean, and the islands of the Pacific
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (San José, Costa Rica) - international, independent, regional organisation created in 1957 by an initiative of UNESCO and some governments of the region, with the objective of promoting the social sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean
Institute for European-Latin American Relations (IRELA)
Island Resources Foundation (US Virgin Islands) - dedicated to solving the environmental problems of development in
small tropical islands
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) - regional office of the World Health Organisation
Panos Institute of the Caribbean (Haiti) - international organization that works to strengthen civil society in
countries across the globe by helping journalists to cover sustainable development issues that are overlooked and
misunderstood, in particular those whose impact transcends national boundaries
UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)  
Witness for Peace (Washington DC) - politically independent, grassroots organization committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing US policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean
 
Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
Caribbean Conference of Churches
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica  
 
Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature
Afromix (Paris) - promotion of Afro-Caribbean culture by means of its music  
 
Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies
 
 
Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers
Aerocaribe - Southern Mexico and adjacent countries
Air ALM - national carrier of the Netherlands Antilles
Air Aruba - Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao
Air Culebra - serving the Caribbean
Air St Thomas
BWIA West Indies Airways Ltd (Trinidad)
Caribbean Air Service - Florida to South America
Mustique Airways - Flying to the Grenadines
Windward Express - Caribbean airline
Turquoise Net - Guide to Caribbean
 
Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society
Caribbean Agricultural Research & Development Institute (CARDI), Trinidad
Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies (CCMS)
Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) (Trinidad & Tobago)
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (Barbados)
CSIS Americas Program
Institute for European-Latin American Relations (IRELA)
ProciCaribe - Agricultural Science and Technology System of the Caribbean
Essential data:
[U.S. Library of Congress] country study - Commonwealth of Caribbean Islands
Social development:
[World Bank] Regional Brief - Latin America and Caribbean
[World Bank] Global Economic Prospects 2001 Report - Latin America and Caribbean
[OneWorld.net] regional database - Latin America & Caribbean - news articles selected from around the world
Governance:
[Political Resources] - Central America-Caribbean
 
Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment
Caribbean News Agency (CANA)  
 
Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services
Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC), Trinidad
Association of Caribbean Electric Utilities (CARILEC)
Caribbean Rice Association (CRA)
Island Systems, Ltd (St Lucia) - development firm with a regional perspective
ShopCaribbean  
 
Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation