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September 20, 2005

How Realistic is PetroCaribe?

Lloyd Noel, described by Caribbean Net News as "a former Attorney General of Grenada, prominent attorney at law and political commentator," has an informative article at Caribbean Net News headlined: "Law and Politics: How realistic is PetroCaribe and when?

It's a commentary on the September 7, 2005, bilateral agreements that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela signed in Montego Bay in Jamaica, with ten CARICOM States.

The oil deal is called "PetroCaribe." Here is the text of the agreement signed at the Fist PetroCaribe Summit in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, in July 2005.

Here is CARICOM's statement on the Second PetroCaribe Summit. Some Caribbean nations did not sign the agreements.

Posted by Munir Umrani at September 20, 2005 05:39 AM

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