CARICOM: Caribbean Community
What is CARICOM?
The Caribbean Community and Common Market was established on August 1st 1973 and its goal is to promote regional integration of the Caribbean Islands, such as the Bahamas and Haiti, and the neighboring main land countries. The Bahamas has been a member of the Caribbean Community since July 4th 1983 and Haiti is last country that joined CARICOM as a member in July 3rd 2002. This union, which is between fifteen countries in the Caribbean, aims to prosper the economic and political status of the countries and strengthen the foreign affairs among the neighboring countries. The Caricom has four pillars of regional integration which are economic integration, foreign policy coordination, human and social development, and security and they are used to improve the standards of living by expanding trade and economic relations with other countries