The Caribbean Community (Caricom) cannot complain that it is being ignored by the second Donald Trump administration. Within five months of the new US government taking power, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has visited Suriname, Guyana, and Jamaica (where he also had face-to-face talks with the leaders of Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, and Haiti); he has met in Washington with the leaders of Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines; and he has spoken on the telephone to Prime Minister John Briceño of Belize, following his re-election in March, and to the new prime minister of Trinidad & Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, following her victory in the 28 April general election.End of preview - This article contains approximately 2568 words.
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