Barbados: Glaring Absence from CARICOM Summit  · Global Voices
Janine Mendes-Franco

“Once a year, that slapped-together dysfunctional family known as ‘The CARICOMs’ puts on a show of pretended unity and love by holding a family fish fry and beach picnic.”  Barbados Free Press thinks that the absence of four CARICOM leaders at the opening of the 28th Summit of the Caribbean Community is a signal that all is not well in the regional family.