Is the CSME a good idea for Caricom territories? CSME - Caricom Single Market and Economy?
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Question is, do they have an alternative? And then, will they have another chance?\n\nI think is a second best where the best should be to develop before being swallowed by the CSME. Anyway Trinidad and Jamaica have the advantage of the language against Spanish speaking countries.
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That would be awesome.  They already have many Panamerican unions that are devoted to health and sports.  It may be the only way that Latin America will ever succeed, and stop being categorized as the "third world."  Did you ever hear of Francisco Morazan?  He lead the revolution in most of Latin America from Spain. If you look at almost any Latin American country's history, you will see that their Independence date is almost the same, and most have monuments and other memorials to Francisco Morazan.
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Hah!  I think it's cool.  At least that's my first thought.\n\nThen when I think more about it, I begin to realize that it may have negative implications for the islands.  Of course, with territory status, the people would have freedom of movement to Canada, and improved job prospects, so it ought to help them.  However, it would hurt the current economy, since T&C would then be subject to Canada's onerous regulations, which would be especially hurtful to their financial industry, which operates largely based upon its less-regulated environment.  So, I can see some problems coming from it.  But on the whole, I think it would do a lot to provide opportunity for both...for Canadians to have some sunlight, and for residents of Turks and Caicos to have ready access to better job opportunities.
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http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002AGUFM.S11A1131P\n\nhttp://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EAE03/03689/EAE03-J-03689.pdf\n\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Export-Processing-Zones-Jamaica-Mauritius/dp/0773498370
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Wikipèdia says "The West Indies may be  * the Caribbean". So, yes.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies\nBut I wouldn't know abot considering them for your project because Latin America is a zone where Spanish is spoken, and not in all the Caribbean is this language spoken. OTOH; there are different definitions for Latin America.\n\nTry here for your project:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America\n\nPerhaps they didn't mean to say that Latin America was divided into "regions" but that you chose a "region" or a "zone".
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A good start is the CIA World Factbook (see link below). If you can get to a library look up Costa Rica in Croner's Export Guide and then contact the Dept of Trade for information on the market.\nif you reside outside Britain, your country's Trade Ministry should be able to help. Many countries have commercial officers at embassies in the country and, for a fee, will assess market opportunities for you.\n\nThe sites below may be useful.
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Felipe Calderon proposals are :\n- Increase the bilateral cooperation with EUA and Canada, looking for new options in migration, comercial and safety issues. \n- Promote a migration agreement based on temporary jobs programs.\n- Make innovations in the border controls to make them more practical and safe.\n- Promote the integral cooperation for the creation of infraestructure.\n- But in adition to this ideas, the main proposal of Calderon is accelerate the growth of owr economy, generating the jobs mexican needs, he has some especific proposal in the fields that have been abandoned by the people who migrates to the USA.  \n\nAndres Manuel Lopez Obrador proposals are:\n- The seeding of wooden threes in Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Campeche, to create jobs in this zones, where the migration have been more in the last years.\n- Look for the relation with the USA and Canada, goes further than the NAFTA and includes the cooperation to the development, the main subject in the agenda with the USA government must be the migration and the human and laboral rigths of the Mexicans that crosses the border for the need of a job.\n\nMadrazo... \nI didn't find anything about his proposals in this subject, and what i found i don't really understand.
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You seem to like the islands, why that particular island what seperates that island from other islands?\n\nBut back to the question, you should check with the state department, in your home country, and then see if thier is an official embassy you could contact in canada, if not call down to the island it self ask what you would need to do !\n\nmy personal choice would be to move to aruba , its climate,its support from netherlands, openess, freedom, i like to play poker it has casinos, and nbiggest things is its out of the tyical average hurricane area/paths though rarely they get one but after going thru 4 in florida in one year no thanks ! anyways hope this help , ps TAKE ME WITH YOU :)
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If they were willing to be annexed, I'd be all for it. The Caribbean Islands all have much in common with the US. They are the only place in the world other than the US which still use tradional non-metric units of measure. Many contries either use the US dollar or use a currency on par with the US dollar (ie 1 Bahamian dollar always = 1 US dollar.)\n\nI used to go to the Bahamas a lot when I lived in Florida and I think they would be receptive to becoming a US state.\n\nAnd having the Carribean as US states would definitely enhance both Homeland Security and drug enforcement.
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Depends on what you do.\n\nIndia has more growth and oppuruntities then the Caribbean, but the Caribeean can be a lot of fun.
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Bonjour,\nN'hesite pas a ecrire a la FIFA, je suis sur que ton avis sera entendu.\nLe nombre d'equipe selectionnee par zone, depend du nombre d'equipes ayant un classement eleve dans le classement FIFA.\nPourquoi veux-tu qu'il y ait plus d'equipes d'Afrique (1er pays au classement : le Nigeria 12eme, pas qualifie pour la Coupe du Monde 2006) ou d'Asie (1er pays le Japon 17eme)!\nAucune equipe d'Afrique ou d'Asie n'a jamais gagne la Coupe du Monde.\nJe trouve que les differentes zones sont tres bien representees et tout le monde a ses chances.\nIl y a 5 pays d'Afrique, 4 pays d'Asie et 5 pays d'Amerique du Sud a la Coupe du Monde 2006.\nAmicalement,\nOlivier
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On 9 December 2005, Venezuela was accepted as a new member, but it will be officialized in late 2006. After changes in Venezuelan policy to adhere to exisiting Mercosur rules, Venezuela will become a voting member. On 30 December 2005 it was announced that Bolivia would be invited to join as a full member. The organization has a south and central America integration vocation.\n\nSome South Americans see Mercosur as giving the capability to combine resources to balance the activities of other global economic powers, perhaps especially the United States and the European Union. The organization could also potentially pre-empt the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), however, over half of the current Mercosur member countries rejected the FTAA proposal at the IV Cumbre de las Americas (IV Summit of the Americas) in Argentina in 2005.
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It should co-operate with Spain in closing in closing it´s  borders safely, this is quickly going out of hand, and helping the subsaharan countries ´with economic and social development countries will not work as the presidnt of Spain think it will because of two main reasons. 1 It will be very hard to actually ake sure the money gets equally distributed, and 2 it isn´t fast enough.
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I have been planning to start with Cuba.  Castro is getting old, if you write him a convincing enough letter, he may leave it to you in his will.  The weather is nice and if managed well the natural resources could make the Island self-sufficient.  Set up as a vacationland for wealthy Americans, use casinos to separate the wealth from the tourist.
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yes , its quite better\nafrica is a poor country\nbut as wc 2010 is held there it'll make it lot of money\nit will help africa to overcome economically
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Coming from a Latin American (Argentinian)....\n\nThe answer to that question depends on what you think is "a good economic situation".\n*If it is to be determined by the size of the economy, then Brazil has the largest GDP and one of the most thirving industrial backgrounds. It is the "largest" economy.\n*If it to be determined by GDP per Capita, then I'd say Argentina, Chile or Mexico. (The three largests GDPs per capita, nominal and PPP)\n*If it is to be determined by the living standards of its peoples (as classified in the United Nations Human Development Index), then I'd say Cuba, Argentina and Uruguay, the countries that ranked higher.\n*If it is to be determined by economic independence, then I'd say Cuba or Venezuela, the two countries that have more independence from world market movements and more immunity to crashes.\n*Finally, if its to be determined by growth rate, then Venezuela, Cuba and Argentina, since they currently have the fastest growing economies.\n\nOverall, I'd say Argentina, Brasil and Venezuela are the ones in the best economic situation, since they are promoting a strong regional integration between themselves that will strenghten their overall economic independence, their GDP's, and hopefully reduce social inequalities. (Specially in the case of Venezuela, thanks to chavez's social policies.)
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I would consider an alternative.  Should the Iraqi experiment (this being another attempt to stimulate it into a democracy) succeed in terms of stability, what other economies, and thus their currencies, will benefit?  I would select a proxy currency that is more liquid, such as that of Lebanon or Egypt or Israel, all of which would substantially benefit from greater peace in the region.