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SUMMARY OF CARICOM

The agreement giving birth to the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) was
signed on July 4th, 1973 at Chaguaramas in Trinidad and Tobago. At this stage four countries
(Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica) were signatories to the Treaty of
Chaguaramas. Effective operation of Caricom began on august 1st, 1973. With the passage of
time other countries joined Caricom.

The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) consists of twenty countries.
Fifteen of these countries are full-fledged members of the community while five of them only
retain associate member status. The fifteen full-time countries are as follows:

 Antigua and Barbuda

 Bahamas
 Barbados
 Belize
 Dominica
 Grenada
 Guyana
 Haiti
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 Jamaica
 Montserrat
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Kits and Nevis
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Suriname
 Trinidad and Tobago
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Shirley M. Greene, B.Ed. & Shelda Emanuel, B.Ed. (2010). Guyana Our Country Our

Home. Caribbean Educational Publishers.

Ramsawak. R and Umraw R.R - ModLrles in Social Studies. Caribbean Publishers Ltd

Trinidad (2002-2003).