Address by PM Hon Kenny D. Anthony to The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Regional Integration

"Make no mistake about it. Our region is in the throes of the greatest crisis since independence. The spectre of evolving into failed societies is no longer a subject of imagination. How our societies crawl out of this vicious vortex of persistent low growth, crippling debt, huge fiscal deficits and high unemployment is the single most important question facing us at this time. Indeed, if CARICOM wishes to be relevant to the lives of the people of the region, then that issue should dominate its deliberations at the next summit. CARICOM cannot be seen to be impotent when societies and economies are at risk, on the brink of collapse." - Dr. Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of St Lucia, on Caribbean regional integration, November 2012.http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/resource/address-pm-hon-kenny-d-anthony-barbados-chamber-commerce-and-industry-regional-integration

Saint Lucia PM: Caribbean in greatest crisis since independence

"Make no mistake about it. Our region is in the throes of the greatest crisis since independence. The spectre of evolving into failed societies is no longer a subject of imagination. How our societies crawl out of this vicious vortex of persistent low growth, crippling debt, huge fiscal deficits and high unemployment is the single most important question facing us at this time." - Dr Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, 2012.

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