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In just over two weeks’ time, St Vincent and the Grenadines will host its biggest international gathering ever in the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Some 34 nations of the western hemisphere are expected to be represented, most at the highest level of Heads of State. In addition, the Secretary General of the United Nations is also expected to grace the gathering with his...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are commemorating 42 years of Diplomatic Relations.   And, a Special Ceremony was hosted by the Venezuela Embassy on the weekend to celebrate this milestone.   Head of the Venezuelan Diplomatic Mission in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Francisco Perez Santana spoke about the…

Former ambassador to Venezuela, Andreas Wickham and former Assistant Secretary-general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Douglas Slater have been assigned major responsibilities as St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) moves to establish the Secretariat of the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC). The naming of Slater as National Co-ordinator, and Wickham as the deputy co-ordinator of the regional grouping’s Secretariat comes just over a week after this …

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St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has created history by becoming the first Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member State to assume the presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean (CELAC).

St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has created history by becoming the first Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member State to assume the presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean (CELAC).

St Vincent and the Grenadines has assumed presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the first CARICOM country to elected to the position. The Eastern Caribbean nation was unanimously elected to lead the 33-nation bloc at the VII CELAC summit which ended in Argentina on Tuesday night. The pro tempore presidency is for a term of one year and is the institutional, technical and administrative support …

Last Friday, July 29 was the last day that Thornley Myers spent in the service of this country’s national electricity company, VINLEC. He retired after a successful tenure at the company’s helm, which lasted 18 years. Myers has publicly issued as press statement, his reflections on a most challenging mission describing it as “Mission Completed” and offering his thanks and expressing “utmost confidence” in those who would succeed him in …

This country’s newly appointed Ambassador to Venezuela, Gareth Bynoe is expected to assume duties in Caracas from the first week in May. Bynoe will replace former diplomat in Venezuela, Andreas Wickham, who is now retired. Speaking on NBC Radio on Wednesday, April 27 Gonsalves said Bynoe was in Venezuela recently seeking out personal accommodation. The second diplomatic position in Venezuela was previously held by Wickham’s wife. The prime minister noted …

EXPERIENCED diplomat, Gareth Bynoe will be St Vincent and the Grenadines’ new resident ambassador to Venezuela once all relevant processes have been finalised. Bynoe will replace Andreas Wickham, who has officially retired from the position. “He has reached the age of retirement. We had asked him to stay on a little while and he is now home,” Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves said on WEFM’s “Issue at Hand” programme on …