CARICOM was set up in July 4, 1973 with the signature of Chaguaramas Treaty, Trinidad &Tobago on behalf of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, making of the least strict previous agreement of Cooperation of Free Trade (1968), a common and communitary market.Its headquarters is lcoated in Georgetown, Guyana.CARICOM is working to be a unique economy and market.
AEC was set up around five years ago, being one of the most important organizations of the hemisphere fostering cooperation, consultation and increased trade and investment in several subregions. The Association actively participates in the elimination of linguistic barriers, as well as in the promotion of a closer link among State members.The Association is a forum to foster cooperation among other organizations involved in the hemispheric integration as can be the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Economic System of Latin America (SELA), the Integration System of Central American Integration (ISCA). The Association has signed also agreements with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL). An example of this can be the concern for the establishment of the Area of Sustainable Tourism, the Agreement of Regional Cooperation for 2222.
It is an international organization that was established in 1989 with the intention of forming solid foundations on which the governments of the region could erect its telecommunication strategies, both national and international. It is made up by 13 members.
CTO has always been at the vanguard of regional tourism during the last 50 years, by means of its predecessors. The Caribbean Tourism Organization was established in January 1989 out of a fusion made among the Association of Caribbean Tourism Association (CTA, founded in 1951) and the Caribbean Research and Develpment Center (CTRDC, founded in 1974).It is an international development agency which operates, according to the terms of an agreement of the leadership with the Barbados governmentIt’s an international development agency that operates according to the terms of the leaderships of the government of Barbados. It also has marketing operation in tourism that generates markets in New York and London.CTO’s main objective is to supply the necessary information services to develop a sustainable tourism through its members, from which the Caribbean people can economically and socially benefit from.Tourism market, research and information management, development of human resources, development of products and technical assistance, as well as consultancy services, make up the core of activities offered on behalf of member countries.
Commonwealth, name by which is widely known the Commonwealth of Nations that between 1931 and 1946 was called the British Commonwealth of Nations, associations of diverse political branches that in a volunteer way offers a symbolic and real faithfullness of the British colony. Among these political entities are 54 sovereign states andsome dependent territories.The term Commonwealth of Nations was officially used for the first time in the Imperial Conference of 1926 to refer to the “group of self-governed communities formed by Great Britain and its domains.” This definition was added to Westminster Statute, passed by the British Parliament in 1931. When India became an independent republic in 1949 and continued under the umbrella of the Commonwealth, a precedent was established which has been followed by many old British colony, once they attained independence.The Commonwealth doesn´t have an executive political organ and the only formal political consultations among member States are the periodical meetings held with the prime ministers to deal with common problems.
