[...]... states (not all of them islands) are members, of which the following are in the Caribbean area: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago Observer states in the region are: Netherlands Antilles, and the US Virgin Islands Leadership: Jagdish Koonjul, Mauritius... Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela There are also four associate members: Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, France (in respect of French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique) The... anr@uninet.com.py Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Asociación de Estados del Caribe (AEC) The ACS was established under a convention signed in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on 24 July 1994 to promote consultation, co-operation and concerted action in the Greater Caribbean Basin area by bringing together the Caribbean and Central American states The member states are: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados,... congressional election, the PJ consolidated its dominant position International relations and defence: Argentina is a member of the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Latin American Integration Association, the Southern Common Market and the Rio Pact In the 1990s it abandoned non-alignment and emerged as a close ally of the USA and an active participant in multinational peacekeeping... direct road links to the Guyanan capital of Georgetown In December 1995 the foreign ministers of the member states agreed to establish a regional secretariat in Brasília and signed the Lima Declaration on sustainable development Andean Community of Nations Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN) The Andean Pact, Andean Group (Grupo Andino) or Acuerdo de Cartagena, was the first major subregional organization... Central Americans to take matters into their own hands and discuss a peace plan, known as the Arias Plan, to end conflict and foreign intervention in Central America Although any peace agreement that did not result in the fall of the Sandinista Government in Nicaragua was strongly opposed by the Reagan Administration in the USA, with support from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Panama, the Arias Plan... Principal imports are machinery and mechanical appliances, chemicals, and electrical appliances In 2001 Brazil was the main purchaser of exports, followed by the USA and Chile Brazil was also the main supplier of imports, followed by the USA, Germany, the People’s Republic of China, Italy and Japan Since July 1990 Argentina has actively participated in creating a Southern Common Market A major trade dispute... member states, with emphasis on land reform and land-tax changes Political changes, however, meant that few governments availed themselves of this funding, and after 1963 the impact of the programme gradually fell away A Z 8 Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Ad hoc intergovernmental grouping founded in 1990 to defend the interests of small island states and low-lying coastal developing states Forty-three... House of Representatives and the ALP three seats Turn-out at the election, monitored by Commonwealth observers, was 90% International relations and defence: Antigua and Barbuda is a member of the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Commonwealth, the Caribbean Community and Common Market and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States The US Government leases two military bases on Antigua,... of the Pampas made Argentina by far the most advanced of the Latin American states These developments initially benefited the landowners (cattle barons and commercial agriculturists) who dominated politics, but new classes of professionals (bankers, brokers and lawyers) and an urban working class emerged with the rapid growth of cities and began to challenge the hold of the ruling classes As a result, . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" A POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DICTIONARY OF LATIN AMERICA A POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DICTIONARY OF LATIN AMERICA Peter Calvert. are in the Caribbean area: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Christopher and Nevis,